[Xastir] locally stored OSM map file

[Tom Russo]

This might point you in a helpful direction:

https://github.com/hotosm/osm-export-tool-python

On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 07:48:10PM +0200, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <Claude.Frantz at bayern-mail.de> flavor, containing:
> On 4/21/20 6:41 PM, Tom Russo wrote:
> 
> Many thanks, Tom !
> 
> > You'll have to convert it to a file format that Xastir understands.  We can't
> > read XML map files.  The list of vector formats we actually support is
> > displayed at the time you start up Xastir.
> > 
> > It is possible you could convert it to shapefile format using the "ogr2ogr"
> > tool of the GDAL suite, if the XML file describes a vector map.
> > 
> > Once you've converted to shapefile format, you will almost certainly need to
> > create a dbfawk file to go with it.  dbfawk files tell Xastir how to render
> > the lines it finds in the shapefile --- without one, they all show up as
> > unlabeled black lines, which is fairly useless.
> 
> I had no success using ogr2ogr.
> 
> > You may be better off trying to locate OSM maps that have already been
> > converted to shapefile.  There may even be a dbfawk file in Xastir's
> > config directory that is suitable for rendering those.
> > 
> > Sorry there is no quick and dirty answer to your question.  Using off-line
> > maps is a great thing, and Xastir is quite capable in that regard, but
> > setting them up can be a chore.
> 
> Using an off-line map is probably the simplest way, although the special
> details of my local file will then not be available. Perhaps an other
> conversion utility could be used.
> 
> Many thanks again, Tom !
> 
> Claude (DJ0OT)
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Tom Russo    KM5VY
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