[Xastir] Help with Maps

[Fred Hillhouse]

Along with the OSM tiles, there are ArcGIS tiles as well (and others if you
wish to look for them). These are probably not that useful since, correct me
if I am wrong,  Xastir uses the big scans of the 7.5' maps.
http://services.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/USA_Topo_Maps/MapServe
r/tile/15/11848/9697.jpg
The X and Y are reversed (z/y/x).

In OSM, it is z/x/y.
http://tile.openstreetmap.org/15/9697/11848.png

Above tiles are from Ausable Chasm area.

Best regards,
Fred N7FMH


-----Original Message-----
From: Xastir [mailto:xastir-bounces at lists.xastir.org] On Behalf Of Curt,
WE7U
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2018 12:23 PM
To: Xastir - APRS client software discussion
Subject: Re: [Xastir] Help with Maps

On Tue, 8 May 2018, Joseph Chiarelli wrote:

> I need some help with Maps. I selected the online maps and it see some
detailed maps display, but I see this error in the console.

You selected "the online maps"... How? Sounds like you might have selected
the directory instead of the files within, which selects every type of
Online map source, working or not, and overlays them all on top of each
other. Since the Online map sources are currently all raster-based images,
you'll only see the last map loaded.

Try expanding your view and trying the map sources one at a time. Figure out
which ones work for you and which don't, then only select one of them.
They'll load faster that way too.


> The urls aren?t valid. Is there a spot for other online maps?

Xastir has outlived many sources of maps. We can't guarantee that any of the
sources are currently valid as they come and go.

Yea, you can add your own. Check out README.MAPS or this online version of
similar:

     http://xastir.org/index.php/HowTo:MAPS

You'll find slightly different information in the file and the online
version as they're almost never in sync. The one in the Xastir sources would
be the most up-to-date.

-- 
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