[Xastir] Xastir with offline maps

[Lee Bengston]

On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 9:58 PM, Mathew F <n1mjf at n1mjf.com> wrote:
> I downloaded all 50 states and set them up. Once again it's not the same
> performance as the OSM-Mapnik map. The Mapnik takes about 20 seconds to
> load, the RI shapefiles take about 15 minutes to load on the Pi.

I have Maryland and Virginia, so I tried just selecting Maryland and
de-selecting the online-mapnick and the map loaded in 27 seconds on an
Intel Atom based computer (Acer Revo).  Did you have all 50 states
selected?  I think it will load everything in that case even if you
are only looking at Rhode Island.

> The end
> result is gross. Black background with roads, ponds and red "X"s all over.

Hmm, I don't understand the black background.  I get a grey
background.  A screenshot is here:
http://www.175moonlight.com/xastir/xastir-screenshot1-osm-shapefile.png
The map is definitely not as nice as the mapnik rendering, but it's functional.

If I zoom in much further, I get littered with text labeling what look
like POI's, and a red X precedes the text.  It looks like a dbfawk
tweak is in order for high zoom levels.

Regards,
Lee - K5DAT