[Xastir] map chooser for idiots

[MJ Inabnit]

Greetings all:

I've been poking around howto/wiki/readme/archives etc trying to figure 
out a "very simple way" to add online maps and cache them on the hard 
drive so xastir can still have maps while off-line.

So far, the server times out, and mm.aprs.net doesn't resolve (from 
running xastir from terminal window).  This basically makes xastir 
stupid and it fails to function at all.  I kill it and remove the 
.config and start from scratch, but there must be a better way..

I really am an idiot when it comes to this stuff.  The chooser is 
extremely ambiguous and I fail to infer what any given title might 
render.  What I hope to do is make a very basic how-to for Mint LTS 
versions of xastir and soundmodem.  I'm using Kamal's updated ham 
software PPA repository for these binaries.  So far, I've had tons of 
fun and have built my first loaner laptop which is now in a remote area 
of Humboldt county California.  I'm building the next loaner laptop now, 
but after seeing the map failure with my first laptop once it was out of 
reach of the internet and cached maps completely failed to render, I 
want to make sure I get this one correct. .. :)

What would be perfect is something that will look like google maps that 
show up when I go to aprs.fi.

I've spent several days digesting info found on the net, but I seem to 
still be at ground zero ..

Thank you,

73

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