[Xastir] Map.GEO files

[Curt, WE7U]

On Wed, 12 Jun 2013, Curt, WE7U wrote:

> -However-  If you'd rather have the OSM Shapefile maps stored locally and use 
> those while offline (highly recommended for that use), search for "osm 
> cloudmade" and download the Shapefile maps for the countries/states/provinces 
> that you're interested in.  Those maps are Shapefile extracts from the OSM 
> databases so you may want to repeat the downloads on some periodic basis so 
> you can catch updates.

Of course looking at the site I see that the last updates may have been made in December of 2011.

So look here instead:

     http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Shapefiles

That gives you some options, including creating your own Shapefiles from the OSM data.

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Curt, WE7U.        http://wetnet.net/~we7u
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