[Xastir] Maps Offline?

[Kurt Savegnago]

Only problem with APRSISCE is the map tiles are too faint.  Can't make them any darker.  Yeah, yeah, I know one can change the contrast but the
darkest level is not dark enough for my taste.  For night time use they're fine.

There are some instructions one has to follow so the maps are stored in the cache for any length of time and are not automatically erased.  Easy enough to find and follow so I can't slant the program there.  Just too
darned light.

I've fired up APRSISCE 32 and get get the tiles about as dark as on an 
XP machine, but I can't get it to accept position reports.  In otherwords,
my station is the only one displayed.  I have the machine connected to the internet.  The upstairs XP version will be getting reports online right and left of the local area.

Sorry about being OT but I like having a couple of programs handy to run
depending what I feel like.  I use Xastir the most though.

                                 Kurt KC9LDH

--- On Sat, 9/18/10, James Ewen <ve6srv at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: James Ewen <ve6srv at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Xastir] Maps Offline?
> To: "Xastir - APRS client software discussion" <xastir at lists.xastir.org>
> Date: Saturday, September 18, 2010, 11:22 AM
> On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 8:22 AM,
> Jerry Dunmire <jerry at dunmire.org>
> wrote:
> 
> > Finally, since the missing areas are marked as red
> blocks, I can tell
> > that you are using an older version of Xastir. The
> newer version uses
> > transparent areas for the missing blocks.
> 
> On APRSISCE/32 Lynn displays the tiles from lower zoom
> levels if the
> higher zoom level tiles are missing. It can get pretty
> blocky and
> fuzzy if you are trying to zoom into some high detail when
> you only
> have a wide area tile, but it would be better than
> nothing.
> 
> Lynn also automatically fetches the current zoom level, and
> 2 zoom
> levels lower when viewing an area. This lets you zoom in
> two levels
> closer for any area downloaded when you're offline later.
> 
> Shapefiles are the way to go, and a better rendering engine
> would make
> them as pretty, or prettier than what you see on the OSM
> tiles. I'd
> put that up high on the priority list for the phantomware
> Xastir 2.0
> 
> Yeah, I don't do any work on the program, I just poke my
> head in once
> and a while and whine...
> 
> James
> VE6SRV
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