[Xastir] Demise of Tiger servers and use of OSM?

[James Ewen]

And the best part is you can add detail or correct errors on OSM.

While Smokey the Bear says "Only YOU can prevent forest fires!", the
OSM motto is "Even YOU can make a map!"

James
VE6SRV

On 6/7/10, KA7O <ka7o at ka7o.net> wrote:
> On 06/07/2010 06:22 PM, Andrew Errington wrote:
>>
>> 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?
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Andrew
>>
>
> FWIW,
>
> I'm totally for this idea. I've used OSM with the "TangoGPS" software
> and am quite pleased with it. This is a map that appears similar to
> Google Maps - itself an oft requested format for Xastir.
>
> Including OSM support would effectively deal with these "two issues" in
> one go.
>
> Now, a question could be - is OSM going to be around and reliable long
> enough to be worth the investment in time and effort? That's outside my
> paygrade to make that call. But, the prognosis is good from my limited
> perspective.
>
> 73
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