[Xastir] Sidux 2010-01 Installation Notes

[Lee Bengston]

On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 9:26 PM, Tim Billingsley <kd5ckp at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 9:10 PM, Tim Billingsley <kd5ckp at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Trying to use OSM. Like I said I am missing something.
>>
>> When I go here
>> "maps>map chooser>OSM"
>> I see maybe 20 choices. Select them all or what I have tried many
>> combinations and had no luck. I see no change.
>
> I failed to specify that the 20 or so are all showing as OSM of one
> type or another. There are others also, but I am just looking at the
> OSM ones.
>
> OK so there are only 9 but each is listed twice. .osm and.geo
> OSM_cloudmade_1
> OSM_cloudmade_2
> OSM_cloudmade_5
> OSM_cloudmade_998
> OSM_cloudmade_999
> OSM_cycle
> OSM_mapnik
> OSM_osmarender
> OSM_skiing

Only select one at a time.  I have settled on Online/OSM_mapnik.geo as
my personal favorite.  Each choice is a different 'style".  Jerry
Dunmire posted the following info below.  I hope things get working
for you.  I ran through the HowTo twice - once with the KDE version of
Sidux 2010-01 and then with the Xfce version.  There was another
person on the list who went through the HowTo for Sidux 2010-01 and
ended up with Xastir crashing.  I haven't been able to duplicate that
problem, either.  Both of the Sidux installations were done under
VirtualBox in Windows - in theory that shouldn't affect maps.  My
Linux box currently dual-boots PCLinuxOS 2010 and Mepis 8.5 - don't
want to put another distro on it now.

Regards,
Lee - K5DAT

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From: Jerry Dunmire <jerry at dunmire.org>
Date: Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 1:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Xastir] OSM maps and README.maps
To: Xastir - APRS client software discussion <xastir at lists.xastir.org>

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The files specify the source and options for various on-line map
images generated from the OpenStreetMap data. The best starting point
to identify each of the 'styles' is this URL:
http://ojw.dev.openstreetmap.org/StaticMap/?lat=37.3136451416&lon=-121.874084472&z=11&mode=Style&

The .osm files force Xastir to use binned scaling levels that match
the 18 fixed levels from the OSM. This eliminates scaling of the bit
mapped images, leading to clean images without aliasing artifacts
(jagged lines, blurring, dropped pixels, etc.) Other than their effect
on scaling the .osm files are identical to the .geo files of the same
name.

I am looking at some alternatives for selecting zoom levels, that if
acceptable, will eliminate the .osm files.

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73,
...jerry
KA6HLD