What about google maps? Wes
On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 00:18, Alex Carver <kf4...@yahoo.com> wrote: > --- On Mon, 6/7/10, Andrew Errington <a.erring...@lancaster.ac.uk> wrote: > > > From: Andrew Errington <a.erring...@lancaster.ac.uk> > > Subject: Re: [Xastir] Xastir Digest, Vol 55, Issue 4 > > To: "Xastir - APRS client software discussion" <xastir@lists.xastir.org> > > Date: Monday, June 7, 2010, 8:22 PM > > On Tue, June 8, 2010 09:19, James > > Cameron wrote: > > > On Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 06:55:15PM -0500, Steve Rogers > > quoted: > > > > > >> Thank you for your inquiry. We have discontinued > > the > > >> Tiger Mapping Service as it has become outdated. > > >> > > > > > > So, lots of people relied on a legacy service and got > > bitten. It shows > > > how valuable open data sources can be. Choose > > your next source based on > > > how open it is, and what license it carries. > > > > We should seriously look at OSM (www.osm.org) as a backend > > map source for > > Xastir. > > > > I have mentioned it a couple of times here, and it > > surprises me that > > no-one seems to be in the least bit interested. > > > > How about it? > > > The TIGER data is open for the US which is probably why OSM doesn't get > much traction. Only the online delivery system was discontinued. Xastir > can read the shapefiles directly, they just have to be downloaded and stored > locally rather than generated on the fly from an online map generator. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Xastir mailing list > Xastir@lists.xastir.org > http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir > -- Wes --- God help those who do not help themselves. _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list Xastir@lists.xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir