[Xastir] Xastir Digest, Vol 55, Issue 4

[Wes Johnston, AI4PX]

What about google maps?

Wes

On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 00:18, Alex Carver <kf4lvz at yahoo.com> wrote:

> --- On Mon, 6/7/10, Andrew Errington <a.errington at lancaster.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> > From: Andrew Errington <a.errington at lancaster.ac.uk>
> > Subject: Re: [Xastir] Xastir Digest, Vol 55, Issue 4
> > To: "Xastir - APRS client software discussion" <xastir at lists.xastir.org>
> > Date: Monday, June 7, 2010, 8:22 PM
> > On Tue, June 8, 2010 09:19, James
> > Cameron wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 06:55:15PM -0500, Steve Rogers
> > quoted:
> > >
> > >> Thank you for your inquiry. We have discontinued
> > the
> > >> Tiger Mapping Service as it has become outdated.
> > >>
> > >
> > > So, lots of people relied on a legacy service and got
> > bitten.  It shows
> > > how valuable open data sources can be.  Choose
> > your next source based on
> > > how open it is, and what license it carries.
> >
> > We should seriously look at OSM (www.osm.org) as a backend
> > map source for
> > Xastir.
> >
> > I have mentioned it a couple of times here, and it
> > surprises me that
> > no-one seems to be in the least bit interested.
> >
> > How about it?
>
>
> The TIGER data is open for the US which is probably why OSM doesn't get
> much traction.  Only the online delivery system was discontinued.  Xastir
> can read the shapefiles directly, they just have to be downloaded and stored
> locally rather than generated on the fly from an online map generator.
>
>
>
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Wes
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