[Xastir] demo station mapping cached maps

[Dave H]

Thanks all for the help - I'll give it a go..

Dave

On 3 February 2013 02:18, John Wilson <kc4lzn at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dave,
>
> I, too, wanted offline maps and could never figure out the "pretty" maps
> for offline use. In the " How To:Maps" section, I came across the OSM
> portion and ended up on the cloud made website and downloaded the shape
> files for my state and placed them in the maps directory. Then I selected
> the maps in the drop down menu for mapping. I didn't select all of the
> maps, only the necessary ones and you'll have to work on what suits you and
> your computer.
>
> Looks like there are maps for the UK, just not sure where you may be but
> here is a link to get you started.
>
>
> http://downloads.cloudmade.com/europe/northern_europe/united_kingdom#downloads_breadcrumbs
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> 73 John
> On Feb 1, 2013 8:12 PM, "Dave H" <davekh at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi
> > I'm building a station to demo at a radio rally this Sunday - info here
> > http://www.midcars.org/ to represent our Linux User Group (Shropshire
> > Lug).
> > I'm in England UK. NOT the US.
> >
> > I would like to show OSM maps on the PC running on Xastir  on a Mint
> Linux
> > box
> > - its only got a 20Gig HDD in it and I would prefer not to use mobile
> > broadband (there may not be a signal there anyway!)
> >
> > So can anyone tell me how - if I set up Xastir running with OSM maps at
> > home - can I save the maps and if so can I get Xastir to see them again -
> > I've never had any luck in the past when attempting to do OSM offline.
> >
> > I know I could download the maps - but the files are bigger than the PCs
> > HDD <sigh!> I had read the Xastir page on this but as I am in the UK -
> the
> > US help doesn't really help me.
> >
> > --
> > 73s Dave H
> > G0CER
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