[Xastir] New capability: 2008 Tiger Shapefile street maps

[Keith Kaiser]

OK, I'll be the one to venture out and ask the obvious question. Do I  
need to reinstall/compile/configure Xastir to get this to work?

On Apr 17, 2009, at 11:21 AM, Curt, WE7U wrote:

>
> Thanks to the below mentioned people we now have Tiger 2008
> streetmap capability in Xastir...  And it's really fast!  If you're
> used to the Online Tigermap server, the speed of this will really
> blow you away.  It's also great for taking Xastir on the road where
> you don't have internet access.  Please note the special
> instructions below for setting up the layering so that roads aren't
> covered up.  Perhaps we can automate that part soon.
>
> Here's the commit message from a few minutes ago:
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Modified Files:
>       Makefile.am
> Added Files:
>       tabblock.dbfawk pointlm.dbfawk featnames.dbfawk edge.dbfawk
>       cousub.dbfawk cousub00.dbfawk areawater.dbfawk arealm.dbfawk
> Log Message:
> Adding the dbfawk files worked on by Richard Polivka, N6NKO, Craig
> Anderson, N6YXK, and Dale Seaburg, KG5LT, which help to nicely
> render 2008 Tiger Shapeline files.
>
> A note from Craig about layering:
>
> "...use "vi" on the map_index.sys file while xastir is not running.
> Once you are editing the file, use the following 3 commands in "vi"
> to change the layers.  This assumes that, like with my xastir, new
> maps get added into the list at layer 1000.
>
> :g/tabblock/s/01000/00995/
> :g/pointlm/s/01000/00996/
> :g/arealm/s/01000/00997/
>
> (translation: global search throughout the file for lines with
> "arealm" and substitute on that line for "01000", a "00997")
>
> This moves the tabblock (& tabblock00) files, pointlm files, and
> arealm files down underneath the roads maps.  Otherwise the roads
> can get covered up by urban background coloring.  Or you can do
> this through the GUI interface as well."
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
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73's
Keith Kaiser
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