On Sun, 5 Sep 2010, Curt, WE7U wrote:
On Sun, 5 Sep 2010, Michael Lewis wrote:
Would I be missing any other files because the towns don't show up
when I zoom in closer? Or would that be a setting in Xastir it's self?
Could be either.
I don't have Tiger2009 installed here, but have Tiger2008. I just
selected each file in a county directory one-by-one and didn't see
city names show up either, but did see the yellow filled areas
representing those towns.
When I was messing with TL 2008 offline maps, I had to diddle with the
dbfawk files to get the towns and county names to appear the way I
wanted. But, it has been too long since I've played with them to
remember which shapefile/dbfawk pairs I had messed with. One place (on
the internet - maybe on the TL site?) had the full meaning of the
shapefile names, and what the basic data was in each. That gave me the
clue for which dbfawk files I needed to edit.
It took a good bit of trial-n-error to get the right combination. I
played with zoom level values and color values. I also had to fiddle
with the layer level priority file (can't recall the name for it either)
to get the town yellow fill-in to drop below the town street level
detail so I could see the streets again.
Sorry for not remembering the detail of filenames, etc. I am living
proof of "If you don't use it, you lose it" adage. Too busy this past
year and a half with Windoze stuff to keep myself Linux/Xastir
active/current. It *just works* on my TC1100 laptop as a fixed station
(KG5LT) with almost NO assistance from me. Even through power outages!
Can't say that for a Windoze machine...
I might add one word of advice: before editing any dbfawk file, make a
backup *first*. I learned that the hard way, groan.
I'll be glad when I finish my current Windoze project so I can
experience the OSM excitement. That sounds really neat. A big thanks
to Jerry et. al. for their hard work getting that going.
73 - Dale. KG5LT
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