[Xastir] Maps Offline?

[John Wilson]

Under Map - MapChooser, first, are the new maps you downloaded listed in
the Map Chooser? Second, are the maps you downloaded (depending on what
shapefiles you want to see) the only ones highlighted? 

73 John



On Mon, 2010-09-20 at 04:51 -0700, Kurt Savegnago wrote:

> For some weird reason when operating at a zoom level of 269 with the Cloudmade shapefiles I downloaded, I get blotches
> of black which I think are streets and red "X's" obviously marking something all over the map.  When I zoom down, I see two lines for each street with all of the labeling correct.
> I don't know if it is getting jumbled from my stock installation parameters.
> 
> Nonetheless, the TAMU 2006 maps are the most trouble free to install. Just take the zipfile, stick it into /usr/local/share/xastir/maps/GPS and unzip them. If I uncheck Auto Maps, Xastir will download whatever I have chosen
> in Map Chooser and display it.  I sometimes have to tweak the levels but it works pretty good.  I recheck Auto Maps and the 2006 SE maps come back up.
> 
> For tracking rockets and R/C stuff, it's fine.  I understand the reason is technical for not being able to directly cache and use but that's O.K.
> I still use it the most out of all the apps out there.
> 
> 
> 
>                                    Kurt KC9LDH
> 
> --- On Sun, 9/19/10, John Wilson <kc4lzn at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > From: John Wilson <kc4lzn at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Xastir] Maps Offline?
> > To: "Xastir - APRS client software discussion" <xastir at lists.xastir.org>
> > Date: Sunday, September 19, 2010, 12:50 PM
> > Kurt,
> > 
> > I ran into the same question. Wanted to access maps
> > offline. Curt brings
> > up a very good reference about Cloudmade.
> > 
> > Here is the site.
> > 
> > http://cloudmade.com/
> > 
> > Go to the "Mappers" section and a menu will drop down and
> > click on
> > Download. You will see the different areas you can access,
> > from around
> > the globe. Your only limit is your disk size. All you need
> > are the
> > shapefiles that are in a compressed file. The maps as
> > mentioned earlier
> > aren't as "pretty" as the OSM maps but are very effective
> > for what I
> > believe you are looking for. Just follow the instructions
> > on the wiki
> > about where to put maps and you'll be in business.
> > 
> > 73 John
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Sun, 2010-09-19 at 01:51 -0700, Curt, WE7U wrote:
> > 
> > > It's been mentioned on here several times.  Do a
> > Google search for:
> > > 
> > >      Cloudmade OSM Shapefiles
> > > 
> > > Then go to that site and drill down to the country and
> > state.
> > > Download just the file that has "shapefile" in the
> > title.  Expand
> > > that in your Xastir maps directory somewhere and then
> > reindex your
> > > maps.  Vector OSM maps.  Not anywhere near
> > as pretty as the OSM
> > > raster tiles, but functional.
> > > 
> > > You'll need the dbfawk files that are in CVS Xastir to
> > render them
> > > properly.
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > Curt, WE7U. 
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