[Xastir] Tiger maps?

[Alex Carver]

The latest version is 1.9.9 which has a lot of the OpenStreetMap code in it and cleaned up.

If you don't want to upgrade, just download the shapefiles for the TIGER maps from the Census Bureau.  They are available at:

http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/

There was a format change somewhere that removed some data from the more recent data files but I don't recall which versions are affected.  But grab those files, put them in your maps directory and you should be good to go.  I use the TIGER shapefiles because Xastir isn't always connected to the network and when it is, it's sometimes a lot slower than pulling from disk.



--- On Fri, 9/3/10, Michael Lewis <subarub4 at optimum.net> wrote:

> From: Michael Lewis <subarub4 at optimum.net>
> Subject: Re: [Xastir] Tiger maps?
> To: "Xastir - APRS client software discussion" <xastir at lists.xastir.org>
> Date: Friday, September 3, 2010, 11:30 PM
> The version of Xastir I have is 1.9.4
> I have shapefiles but I think 
> that's for the weather.. I really did not want to upgrade
> if I had no 
> reason to because I already had a hard enough time to get
> my tiny trak 4 
> to work with xastir and Linux.
> 
> Alex Carver wrote:
> > Yes and no.  The _online_ TIGER maps from the
> server are dead but the shapefiles are still available and
> aren't going anywhere.  You can still download those
> and use them in Xastir as a disk stored shape file.
> >
> > The replacement for the online maps has turned into
> OpenStreetMaps and will require that you get the latest
> version of Xastir.
> >
> > --- On Fri, 9/3/10, Michael Lewis <subarub4 at optimum.net>
> wrote:
> >
> >   
> >> From: Michael Lewis <subarub4 at optimum.net>
> >> Subject: [Xastir] Tiger maps?
> >> To: Xastir at lists.xastir.org
> >> Date: Friday, September 3, 2010, 11:15 PM
> >>  Did anyone say that the tiger maps
> >> no longer worked? I just loaded up xastir after
> about a
> >> month or so and this time it seems like the maps
> don't work
> >> so what are some good replacements?
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