[Xastir] GNIS data

[Tom Russo]

On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 01:55:13PM -0400, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <k4int1 at gmail.com> flavor, containing:
> On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 10:53 PM, Tom Russo <russo at bogodyn.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 09:05:54PM -0400, we recorded a bogon-computron
> > collision of the <mckeehan at mckeehan.homeip.net> flavor, containing:
> > > It does not appear that the old format is supported any longer. That's
> > why I
> > > noticed the change - all of a sudden, my map was covered with TN's (being
> > the
> > > state that I had on the map).
> >
> > Grrrrr.
> >
> > I, for one, would prefer that the changes be reverted, then.  The new GNIS
> > data is too defective.
> 
> 
> OK, I added .pop files for the old format files. 

Cool.  So those of us with the old files merely have to rename them from .gnis
to .pop?

> I would have done it the
> other way round if GNIS metatdata format was not the real change or if the
> definition of GNIS had changed from USGS. The 'Locate Map Feature' option
> was also expecting to use the GNIS data file and it was broke so that was
> were this trip through wonderland began.

Does the Locate Map Feature continue to work with old format .pop files?  I
rarely use this function, but do use it now and then.

> I was unable to get old format information for VA on aprs.tamu.edu. 

The collection is limited to those that users have contributed.  Perhaps
there are still some folks around with collections of gnis files they've not
uploaded?  As I recall, the way it was done was that you uploaded to Gerry's
incoming directory and shot him an email, and he'd move the zipped-up gnis data
to the right place for others to download.

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