[Xastir] Script to cache some maps

[Kurt]

The bottom line is being able to store some sort of map data on one's box so they can go portable without any internet link whatsoever.
This is what I am talking about:  http://download.geofabrik.de/
One can cue up whatever they want.  YAAC can process and store the data locally for offline use: YAAC - Yet Another APRS Client
The Tiger maps from '06 and the Cloudmade '08 maps were dropins forXastir in the past but not longer available.
YAAC's ok but I still like features in Xastir.  It is rock steady once configured.
Kurt KC9LDH      From: Jason KG4WSV <kg4wsv at gmail.com>
 To: Xastir - APRS client software discussion <xastir at lists.xastir.org> 
 Sent: Monday, November 16, 2015 6:54 PM
 Subject: Re: [Xastir] Script to cache some maps
   
On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 5:08 PM, Hal Mueller <hal at seanet.com> wrote:

> The point of using a tile server is to leverage the amount of work already
> devoted to making beautiful maps, rendered quickly, and to serve them
> efficiently. It also keeps APRS (and other) clients from having to get into
> the cartography business.
>

In the case of xastir, too late. :)


>
> From the points made in this discussion, it sounds like Xastir can use
> those hierarchical tile sets. I don’t see any such claim at
> http://xastir.org/index.php/Xastir_Maps#Raster_Maps or
> http://xastir.org/index.php/HowTo:MAPS, though.
>

They're called "online maps".



> Can Xastir be pointed to a tree of hierarchical tiles?
>

Sort of not exactly.  The online map code is different from the offline map
code in that the georeferencing data seems to be stored in the map cache
database.

Looks like I played with this about 3 years ago.  From the remnants it
seems i had hacked out a script to download OSM tiles and another to
generate the corresponding .geo file that xastir needs to use it as an
offline map.  I don't recall how well it worked out.  As I said earlier, I
abandoned the project because of the disk space requirements.



> Or even better, can it read mbtiles (raster or vector)?
>


nope, don't think so.

-Jason
kg4wsv


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