[Xastir] Xastir Digest, Vol 55, Issue 4

[Dan Zubey]

There probably would be licensing issues with using google maps. If not,
wouldn't that be neat.

However, I think the OSM people would be thrilled to have xastir use
their service. 

+1 for OSM support in Xastir.

-Dan n7nmd

On Tue, 2010-06-08 at 08:43 -0400, Wes Johnston, AI4PX wrote:
> 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 Tiger Mapping Service as it has become outdated.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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