[Xastir] Openstreet maps offline?
Tom Russo
russo at bogodyn.org
Thu May 7 23:18:43 EDT 2015
On Thu, May 07, 2015 at 09:16:44PM -0600, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <electricity440 at gmail.com> flavor, containing:
> That's cool, I didn't know that! So what happens when it rechecks in a few
> days?
If you have internet connectivity, it'll find out that the file hasn't changed
and not download anything. If you don't, it'll try to find out whether
the file has changed, not be able to connect, and use the file it has cached.
Either way, your cached map will work.
> On Thursday, May 7, 2015, Andrew Errington <erringtona at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > The tiles are cached on the hard drive. Not memory. They will persist
> > after crashes and reboots.
> >
> > Try it now (not crashing, just rebooting).
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > A
> >
> > On 8 May 2015 at 12:06, Skyler F <electricity440 at gmail.com <javascript:;>>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > The issue I have is that if the program crashes and I am in the middle of
> > > nowhere in the mountains at the race where there is no service, I will
> > not
> > > be able to start the map back up. Is it possible to save the tiles that
> > are
> > > already cached?
> > >
> > > If I am already downloading them from the server, what is the harm in
> > > having them save to my systems hard drive?
> > >
> > > On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 9:04 PM, Tom Russo <russo at bogodyn.org
> > <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Thu, May 07, 2015 at 09:02:12PM -0600, we recorded a bogon-computron
> > > > collision of the <electricity440 at gmail.com <javascript:;>> flavor,
> > containing:
> > > > > And would it be ok to download a few for a specific area,
> > > > specifically a
> > > > > bike race that covers about 50 miles? I am going to help with
> > > > > communications, and it would be really nice if I had OSM for the
> > > area
> > > > of
> > > > > the bike race/fundraiser.
> > > >
> > > > Yes, that's fine. All you would have to do is to set run Xastir
> > on-line
> > > > for a bit while you zoom and pan around the area of your bike race.
> > > Xastir
> > > > will cache the tiles, and it'll work fine off-line so long as you don't
> > > > zoom or pan outside the area you've cached.
> > > >
> > > > Doing so for an entire state at 20 zoom levels in one sitting is more
> > > what
> > > > I'm talking about. And what has gotten clients blocked in the past.
> > > >
> > > > > On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 8:58 PM, Skyler F <[1]
> > > electricity440 at gmail.com <javascript:;>
> > > > >
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > 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 <[2]russo at bogodyn.org
> > <javascript:;>>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > On Thu, May 07, 2015 at 08:43:49PM -0600, we recorded a
> > > > > bogon-computron collision of the <[3]electricity440 at gmail.com
> > <javascript:;>>
> > > > 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.
> > > > > --
> > > > > Tom Russo** ** KM5VY** **SAR502** **DM64ux** ** ** ** **
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> > > > > --
> > > > > Skyler Fennell
> > > > > [8]amsatnet.info
> > > > > KD**WHB
> > > > > [9]electricity440 at gmail.com <javascript:;>
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Skyler Fennell
> > > > > [10]amsatnet.info
> > > > > KD**WHB
> > > > > [11]electricity440 at gmail.com <javascript:;>
> > > > >
> > > > > References
> > > > >
> > > > > Visible links
> > > > > 1. mailto:electricity440 at gmail.com <javascript:;>
> > > > > 2. mailto:russo at bogodyn.org <javascript:;>
> > > > > 3. mailto:electricity440 at gmail.com <javascript:;>
> > > > > 4. http://www.swcp.com/~russo/
> > > > > 5. http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?DDTNM
> > > > > 6. mailto:Xastir at lists.xastir.org <javascript:;>
> > > > > 7. http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir
> > > > > 8. http://amsatnet.info/
> > > > > 9. mailto:electricity440 at gmail.com <javascript:;>
> > > > > 10. http://amsatnet.info/
> > > > > 11. mailto:electricity440 at gmail.com <javascript:;>
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Tom Russo KM5VY SAR502 DM64ux
> > > http://www.swcp.com/~russo/
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> > > >
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> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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> > > Skyler Fennell
> > > amsatnet.info
> > > KD??WHB
> > > electricity440 at gmail.com <javascript:;>
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> electricity440 at gmail.com
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