[Xastir] New capability: 2008 Tiger Shapefile street maps

[Dale Seaburg]

On Apr 19, 2009, at 4:24 PM, William McKeehan wrote:

> Does anyone have a suggested set of files that we should download  
> for the best
> results?
>
> For example, are the 2000 files necessary?
>
> My guess is that we need the following at a minimum:
> - All Lines (*edges*) - this appears to be the primary file for roads
> - Area Hydrography (*areawater*) - this appears to be lakes and rivers
>
> But I'm not sure about these things.
> - Area Landmark (*arealm*)
> - Point Landmark (*pointlm*)
> - Current Block (*tabblock*)
> - Current County Subdivision (*consub*)
> - Feature Names Relationship File (*featnames*)

I suggest you download the entire county of your choice, assuming  
your internet bandwidth won't choke.  Then, unzip one or more  
features.  Bring up xastir to see what is important to you and what  
you might be missing.  Better yet, unzip all six, then do a Map  
Choose to select each type, adding in more features.  I have not done  
that yet, but it might prove enlightening.

73 - Dale.  KG5LT