[Xastir] New capability: 2008 Tiger Shapefile street maps (followup)

[Richard Polivka, N6NKO]

Another directory that is good to grab are the county.zip file for each 
state.

Also, depending on your needs and display(s), I would set the dbfawk 
files to turn off some features based on zoom level let alone the screen 
being supercluttered.

73 from 807,

Richard, N6NKO


Richard Polivka, N6NKO wrote:
> As being one of the instigators of this project, I only use the 
> following:
>
> edges
> areawater
> arealm
> pointlm
>
> There also was previous a question concerning layering. I created a 
> directory in /usr/local/share/xastir/maps called "tiger2008". Under 
> this are four directories, "edges", "areawater", "arealm", and 
> "pointlm". Inside each directory are the files for the areas that I 
> want to cover. So when it came to layering, all I had to do was assign 
> the layer numbers to the subdirectories and not to the individual 
> files and away I go. Edges was always on top, ...lm's in the middle, 
> and areawater on the bottom of the stack. The WX radar was always 
> below this stack and the SBW stuff was always on top.
>
> I have not been able to test the latest CVS to the fullest on my 
> laptop as I do not have all the TIGER files that I would need on since 
> I installed the larger HD. I also have the original reworks of the 
> dbfawk's for tiger2008 still on my system as well so I can compare the 
> CVS release to what I had.
>
> Doing the shapefile research and just trying to cover all angles was a 
> fun piece of research and some said a bit of overkill but it was 
> necessary as a self-documenting file and process in attempt to present 
> a quality piece of work to the community.
>
> May the community enjoy.
>
> 73's from 807,
>
> Richard, N6NKO
>
>
> 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*)
>>
>> Thanks!
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