[Xastir] Tiger2006 maps problem?

[Curt Mills]

On Sat, 12 May 2007, Tom Russo wrote:

> >  I must say that the Online/Tiger2003 maps on a Mac
> >  look gorgeous!  They have nice colors and complete
> >  fills (oceans that are all blue, as opposed to the Tiger
> >  2006 oceans which only go about 3 miles off the coast).
> >  Is that because it's on a Mac or are the Tiger2003 maps
> >  just much better?  Can I find out the settings used for the
> >  Tiger2003 maps?
> > 
> >  I guess my real question is how can I get the Tiger2006
> >  maps to look like the Online/Tiger2003 maps?
> 
> You can't really.  The on-line tiger maps are rendered by a completely different
> engine on the web, and xastir can only approximate them.

However...  You can go to Map->Configure->Background Color and set
it to Steel Blue, which is what I often use.  That way if there's no
map that covers a particular area you get ocean color.

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