[Xastir] Script to cache some maps

[Skyler F]

Well since nobody has a script that I can get to work, and I don't know too
much how to code, I am going to make a basic script which simulates the
arrow keys, and has a delay given by the user to Cache my maps. Crude, but
better than doing it by hand.

I don't see why nobody just puts together an easy script, or even builds it
in xastir to Download (not store it on the cache) the tile maps. If you are
worried about server stress, I am sure I have stressed the servers more
times than if I could have just downloaded it once, because each new
device/ xastir install I have to do the same thing.

I don't really get what maps I am supposed to use other than tile maps, it
is time consuming, and never really works right when I try to convert the
shape files from OSM, and tile maps are pretty much what everybody wants to
see in the 21st century.

On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 1:21 PM, Kurt <ksaves2 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> I've never had map caching work.  As soon as I was offline, I get
> nothing.  I have some of the old 2006 Tiger maps and the 2008 OSM maps from
> before those servers went off line.  The biggest handicap is a source of
> maps that can be used off line for Xastir without having to do a bunch of
> legerdemain to get them to work.
> Kurt KC9LDH
>       From: Skyler F <electricity440 at gmail.com>
>  To: Xastir - APRS client software discussion <Xastir at lists.xastir.org>
>  Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2015 6:09 AM
>  Subject: [Xastir] Script to cache some maps
>
> Yes, I know it is bad to download a lot of tile maps, and that is not my
> intention, just need a certain area for different APRS events.
>
> I am getting sick of going over the whole course in every zoom level I want
> every time I want to use APRS offline. I then have to double check offline
> to make sure I didn't miss areas.
>
> Has anybody wrote a script or can point me in the right direction to making
> a script? The problem I have with simulating arrow key presses is that I
> can't predict how long the maps will take to load.
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