> Sorry for the confusion, I meant more that packages _using_ maps > may be merged / made consistent.
Consistency between packages is a good point. There is certain room for improvement in that area, the EPSG derived data in GeoTIFF, PROJ.4, PostGIS and friends comes to mind as a different example. > e.g. checking whats involved in software such as zygrib, which plots maps > under weather maps, using OSM rather than shipping its own maps. > > WRT GSHHS I'm more concerned that packages are consistent. For my own work > in climate, when modeling / post-processing we have programs using > different > versions of GSHHS, etc. leading to errors (inconsistent mapping of > land/ocean transports, etc.). > Differing sources of maps (GHHS / OSM / ?) will matter, but it should be > ok as long as > we can label which applications use which maps and don't mix. A solution to the different map versions may be a basemap package with OSM and other map data which the various packages depend on instead of shipping their own. I'm skeptical of the usefulness of OSM data in a stable Debian release, since it's constantly changing. But for certain use cases it may not be such a bad idea. Kind Regards, Bas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
