[Xastir] New capability: 2008 Tiger Shapefile street maps

[Keith Kaiser]

I have the maps, all the roads and such, but no labels... nothing has  
a name, there is no color fills.. etc. What did I do wrong?

On Apr 18, 2009, at 5:07 AM, Curt, WE7U wrote:

> On Fri, 17 Apr 2009, 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 how I'm snagging them:
>
> Go to ftp://ftp2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2008/53_WASHINGTON/
> with a browser.  Use this to find the names of the directories you
> are interested in.
>
> Make directories in /usr/local/share/xastir/maps where you wish to
> put the maps.  I created directories like these:
>
>    .../maps/USA/WA/Counties/Snohomish-2008/
>    .../maps/USA/WA/Counties/Island-2008/
>
> Snag the files with wget using the paths discovered through your
> browser above:
>
>    cd /usr/local/share/xastir/maps/USA/WA/Counties
>    mkdir Snohomish-2008
>    cd Snohomish-2008
>    wget ftp://ftp2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2008/53_WASHINGTON/53061_Snohomish_County/*
>    unzip \*.zip;chmod -x *;chmod go-w *
>
> If everything looks good, remove the downloaded zip files:
>
>    rm *.zip
>
> Repeat the above steps for each county you're interested in.
>
> When done with the downloading/unzipping:  Start up Xastir and do
> Map->Configure->Index New Maps, then shut down Xastir.
>
> Use the "vi" editor to change the map layers:
>
>    vi ~/.xastir/config/map_index.sys
>    :g/tabblock/s/01000/00995/
>    :g/pointlm/s/01000/00996/
>    :g/arealm/s/01000/00997/
>    :wq
>
> (Who's a "sed" user?  Give us some commands to do the same thing in
> sed please!  Commands should be similar but can then be scripted.)
>
> Start up Xastir and select the maps.  I've been selecting only these
> types of maps:
>
>    arealm.shp
>    areawater.shp
>    edges.shp
>    tabblock.shp
>
> As I mentioned:  Perhaps we can automated the process of
> downloading/installing these maps and setting the map levels for
> them.
>
> -- 
> Curt, WE7U.				archer at eskimo dot com
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73's
Keith Kaiser
wa0tjt at gmail.com