[Xastir] Online Maps selections needing attention before next release.

[Lee Bengston]

On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 6:56 PM, David A Aitcheson <david.aitcheson at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Okay everyone; we have a release about to drop and we might as well FIX
> SOME PROBLEMS that have languished way to long!
>
> Specifically some of the online map ".geo" files that are built in to
> the program that DO NOT work; such as:
>
>     Online/CanadaTopo250k                  (currently only a
>     placeholderfile in /usr/local/share/xastir/maps)
>     Online/CanadaTopo50k                   (currently only a
>     placeholderfile in /usr/local/share/xastir/maps)
>     Online/OSM_tiled_osmarender
>     Online/OSM_tiled_skiing
>     Online/OSM_tiled_topOSM_0_relief
>     Online/OSM_tiled_topOSM_1_contour
>     Online/OSM_tiled_topOSM_2_features
>     Online/TXRadar                        (points to
>     http://mesonet.tamu.edu which appears to be abandoned)
>     Online/USRadar                         (points to
>     http://mesonet.tamu.edu which appears to be abandoned)
>     Online/WMSRadar                        (points to
>     http://mesonet.tamu.edu which appears to be abandoned)
>     Online/terraserver-reflectivity        (currently only a
>     placeholderfile in /usr/local/share/xastir/maps)
>     Online/terraserver-topo                (currently only a placeholder
>     file in /usr/local/share/xastir/maps)
>     Online/terraserver-urban               (currently only a placeholder
>     file in /usr/local/share/xastir/maps)
>     Online/terraserver                     (currently only a placeholder
>     file in /usr/local/share/xastir/maps)
>
> I remember a discussion thread that some of the "OSM_tiled_*" are
> possibly no longer available from a while ago; should we consider
> dropping those map "geo" files from the source and thus clean up the
> maps presentation view for newer and future users?
>
> The same should be considered for all of the "Placeholder" .geo files
> and the MesoNet related Radar.geo files in my opinion.
>

​I agree - also the 4 non-tiled geo's starting with online_osm​_cloudemade
- I understand cloudemade is no more.  The non-functioning choices have
been that way for quite a while now, so IMO they might as well be deleted.

Regards,
Lee - K5DAT