[Xastir] What is the advantage of one map type over another?

[Dale Seaburg]

I am using 2008 TigerLine maps on my RPi.  It is surprisingly fast when 
moving, or zooming in/out.  I expected it to be very slow, but was 
impressed considering the "size" of the processor.  I have 5 surrounding 
counties, plus my own (Brown County TX), selected for maps, as a trial 
run.  YMMV.

Dale.  KG5LT

On 1/21/2013 11:00 AM,
From:
Michael Picco <mpicco at calwisp.net>
Date:
1/20/2013 1:06 PM

To:
xastir at xastir.org


In my attempt to get Xastir running on a Raspberry Pi, I'm having a 
difficult time figuring out which map type to run with.  I'd prefer to 
have the maps available locally for better display speed.  The RPi has a 
16GB flash and is running a version of Debian, so storage shouldn't be 
an issue.

Being pretty new to Xastir, I'm getting confused with all the choices 
... vector, shapefiles, raster, etc.!

Any pointers in a good direction, would be greatly appreciated! 
xastir-request at lists.xastir.org wrote: