[Xastir] Xastir Digest, Vol 55, Issue 4

[Curt, WE7U]

On Tue, 8 Jun 2010, Jerry Dunmire wrote:

> Google is a problem because their usage policy does not allow caching.
> Several other standalone applications (viking comes to mind) have had
> to stop using Google maps for just that reason.

Depending on the exact restrictions, we could disallow Xastir's
caching when using Google maps.


> OSM is possible. While IANAL, the Creative Commons license OSM is
> using for the maps and map data appears to be compatible with xastir.
...
> I have been trying to use the StaticMap
> (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/StaticMap) interface to OSM, with
> some success.
...
> If anyone is interested, I would be happy to share my patches.

Release them under GPL and I'd be happy to try to integrate them
into CVS.  Just send them in private e-mail with suitable licensing
and credit sentences in the patch or in the e-mail text.

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