[Xastir] Xastir with offline maps

[Kurt Savegnago]

That was me you emailed Lee. :-)  Works fine but I found I have to move any other offline maps out of the /maps directory otherwise they get superimposed over the prior 20006 Tiger maps that I had been using.
I simply moved the old TAMU tiger directory to /usr/local/share/xastir so if I want to use them again, I just swap out the OSM shapefiles to /usr/local/share/xastir and put the tiger maps back in to /usr/local/share/xastir/maps.  Works like a charm.  Perhaps there might be a way to do it from the menu-line without having the superimposition switching from one offline mapset to another.  Seems like anything in /maps is read together even if they are different mapsets.  I don't mind as the manual swapping works fine.

Looks like the OSM shapefiles are the latest that are available for free online.

                                 Kurt KC9LDH

--- On Sun, 6/10/12, Lee Bengston <lee.bengston at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Lee Bengston <lee.bengston at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Xastir] Xastir with offline maps
> To: "Xastir - APRS client software discussion" <xastir at lists.xastir.org>
> Date: Sunday, June 10, 2012, 3:28 PM
> On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 9:32 AM,
> Mathew F <n1mjf at n1mjf.com>
> wrote:
> > Hello Xastir crew,
> >
> > I've been trying to work with Xastir on my shiny new
> Raspberry Pi. I've got
> > it setup and running great in an online bench-test but
> I'm having issues
> > figuring out what maps to use for offline use. I
> attempted the 'planet'
> > file from openstreetmaps but that was WAY too big. Next
> I selected most of
> > New England on bbbike.org to be extracted as a
> shapefile, that seems like
> > it would work but was again too big for the memory in
> the Pi.
> >
> > I don't want to just select RI (The state I'm in)
> because I frequently find
> > myself in MA, CT and NY. At this point I'm unsure what
> maps to use and
> > wanted to see what maps others are using for offline
> operations. I will say
> > I really like the online MAPNIK map the best but cannot
> figure how I would
> > export it to be local.
> 
> Someone emailed me offline about using the OSM shapefiles
> not long
> ago.  Below is what was in my reply:
> 
> (Just substitute minnesota for your your state).  You
> can download as
> many states as you need.
> 
> http://downloads.cloudmade.com/americas/northern_america/united_states/minnesota#downloads_breadcrumbs/
> 
> The shapefile download toward the bottom will get you a set
> of files
> to unzip.  What I do is create a new folder under
> /usr/local/share/xastir/maps called "Offline".  Then I
> create another
> folder under that called something like "osm-shape". 
> Then I create a
> folder for each state under osm-shape such as "MN".  So
> you will want
> to copy the applicable map files for Minnesota to
> /usr/local/share/maps/Offline/osm-shape/MN.  For other
> states, just
> create a different folder under osm-shape for each of
> those.  Of
> course you can create a different directory naming scheme if
> you want.
> 
> What are the applicable files?  There are dbfawk files
> in Xastir that
> support the following:
> 
> administrative, coastline, highway, natural, poi, and
> water.  You need
> to copy the files that have extensions of "dbf", "shp", and
> "shx' into
> your maps area.  So for example, for Minnesota, you
> would copy or move
> minnesota_administrative.dbf, minnesota_administrative.shp,
> and
> minnesota_administrative.shx into the MN map folder. Then
> copy the
> files with the same 3 extensions for "minnesota_coastline",
> "minnesota_highway" and so on.  You will end up with 18
> files per
> state.
> 
> Then in Xastir, go to Map - Configure - Reindex all
> Maps.  The new
> offline osm folders should show up, and you can either
> select an
> individual state or the directory above that for all
> states.  Things
> should work similarly to the Tiger maps once you get them
> into the
> right place.
> 
> Regards,
> Lee - K5DAT
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