[Xastir] Openstreet maps offline?

[Skyler F]

If it is a violation to download the files, why do they offer the whole
planet for download?

On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 8:55 PM, Tom Russo <russo at bogodyn.org> wrote:

> On Thu, May 07, 2015 at 08:43:49PM -0600, we recorded a bogon-computron
> collision of the <electricity440 at gmail.com> flavor, containing:
> > Is it possible to use openstreet maps offline? I don't want the
> shapefiles
> > but would like to download the maps that look like the
> > Online/OSM_tiled_osmarender.
>
> The maps are cached as they are downloaded, so you can continue to use them
> as long as you've already accessed them on-line.
>
> > Is there a specific file type that I can download? I can't find a geo
> file,
> > just shape files. I have 600 gigabytes of storage, so I am not worried
> > about space, even though I only want a specific area. Do I need any
> > additional libraries or packages for xastir to work with offline Open
> > Street Maps?
>
> It's a violation of the OSM terms of use to do mass downloads of tiles.
> The author of APRSISCE32 had his software temporarily blacklisted by
> OSM servers during a time when it was somehow overzealously downloading
> tiles.  So don't do anything that would cause Xastir to cache enormous
> numbers of files all at once, or try to do in a script.
>
> The shapefile approach is much better, though the maps won't look as
> pretty.
>
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