[Xastir] OSM maps: .geo files, local rendering?

[Curt, WE7U]

On Wed, 13 Apr 2011, Jason KG4WSV wrote:

> I was also wondering if anyone has looked at installing a local map
> rendering engine (e.g. mapnik) so that OSM maps can be used in an
> offline mode?  I took a brief look on one of my systems (ubuntu, IIRC,
> could have been CentOS), but it seemed like an all too typical linux
> dependency death spiral, so I gave up fairly quickly.  If you've set
> one of these up, do you have suggestions on which distro, a good
> howto, etc?

If the OSM map _data_ is all you need, and you don't require the "prettiness" of the OSM rendering engines, download the Cloudmade Shapefile OSM files and be done with it.  Offline maps, presto!

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