[Xastir] Cloudmade maps

[Kurt Savegnago]

Thanks loads for that pointer.  Will explore that option.

                          Kurt KC9LDH

--- On Sat, 5/19/12, Lee Bengston <lee.bengston at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Lee Bengston <lee.bengston at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Xastir] Cloudmade maps
> To: "Xastir - APRS client software discussion" <xastir at lists.xastir.org>
> Date: Saturday, May 19, 2012, 1:17 PM
> On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 12:58 PM,
> Kurt Savegnago <ksaves2 at sbcglobal.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > For several years, I've used the 2006 TAMU maps with
> Xastir.
> > I've downloaded the americas.osm.bz2.part.00 and
> part.01.
> > Is there a direct howto link as to installing these
> into Xastir?
> 
> Those are XML maps - I don't believe Xastir supports that
> format.
> 
> On the same page where you downloaded the two files above,
> if you
> select "Northern America", then "United States", and then
> the state of
> your choice, the link at the bottom is to a shapefile
> package for the
> applicable state.  Xastir does support those.
> 
> The only APRS client that I know of that supports the XML
> maps is the
> new YAAC, "Yet Another APRS Client", which does run in
> Linux.  I do
> like the Cloudmade XML maps somewhat better than the
> shapefiles, so it
> would be nice if Xastir supported those.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Lee - K5DAT
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