On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 09:49:00PM -0400, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <[email protected]> flavor, containing: > On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 9:58 PM, Mathew F <[email protected]> wrote: > > I downloaded all 50 states and set them up. Once again it's not the same > > performance as the OSM-Mapnik map. The Mapnik takes about 20 seconds to > > load, the RI shapefiles take about 15 minutes to load on the Pi. > > I have Maryland and Virginia, so I tried just selecting Maryland and > de-selecting the online-mapnick and the map loaded in 27 seconds on an > Intel Atom based computer (Acer Revo). Did you have all 50 states > selected? I think it will load everything in that case even if you > are only looking at Rhode Island.
No, that's not what it does. Every shapefile has a bounds recorded in it, and Xastir saves an index of those bounds. It only reads and attempts to display a file if the bounds overlap the display. > Hmm, I don't understand the black background. I get a grey > background. A screenshot is here: > http://www.175moonlight.com/xastir/xastir-screenshot1-osm-shapefile.png > The map is definitely not as nice as the mapnik rendering, but it's > functional. I agree --- I use shapefile maps even without base raster layers all the time, and while they're not beautiful, they are quite functional for a mobile, emergency service use. The background color *is* configurable via the menu (Map->Configure->Background Color). I thought it defaulted to grey. I often change it to something else depending on the type of shapefile maps I'm using without a raster base layer. -- Tom Russo KM5VY SAR502 DM64ux http://www.swcp.com/~russo/ Tijeras, NM QRPL#1592 K2#398 SOC#236 http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?DDTNM "And, isn't sanity really just a one-trick pony anyway? I mean all you get is one trick, rational thinking, but when you're good and crazy, oooh, oooh, oooh, the sky is the limit!" --- The Tick _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
