[Xastir] Maps

[Lee Bengston]

I upgraded my laptop to Ubuntu 18.04 today, and I encountered the libcurl
issue.  The solution for me was to remove libcurl4-openssl-dev and install
libcurl4-gnutls-dev.  Recompiling Xastir after that change left me with an
installation with maps working normally.  In the map chooser, the
Online/OSM_tiled_mapnik.geo selection has been relatively bulletproof over
the years.  There is also an Online/USTigermap.geo selection that works
(and there are other Online map choices that work as well).

It's not clear from your message if your are looking to display any map
(either online or offline), or if you are looking for how to display an
offline map without an internet connection.  Also are you using the version
of Xastir that is provided by Ubuntu 18.10, or are you using a compiled
version downloaded from GitHub?  If you are using the one provided by
Ubuntu it may not be up to date enough to include the Tiger Map updates.

Lee - K5DAT


On Wed, Nov 14, 2018 at 6:37 PM Peter Lutz <peter3 at sonic.net> wrote:

> I have been trying to get a map to appear on my newly installed xastir all
> afternoon.  The new installation was required when Ubuntu 18.04 broke the
> libcurl3/4 link.  I have been using xastir for many years, and usually
> manage
> to find some kind of map that works for Napa, CA and the surrounding area,
> but it is always without any idea of what I am really doing.  There is a
> lot
> of information (some of it very old) on the internet and in the README.MAPS
> file, but I can't find any example of how to get a map to appear.  Several
> different examples using the different formats would be really excellent,
> but just one working example might be enough to get me going.  I loved
> Tigermaps when they worked.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thank you.
> --
> Peter Lutz  AA6AV
> Meaning is Homemade.
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