Thanks all for the help - I'll give it a go.. Dave
On 3 February 2013 02:18, John Wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > Dave, > > I, too, wanted offline maps and could never figure out the "pretty" maps > for offline use. In the " How To:Maps" section, I came across the OSM > portion and ended up on the cloud made website and downloaded the shape > files for my state and placed them in the maps directory. Then I selected > the maps in the drop down menu for mapping. I didn't select all of the > maps, only the necessary ones and you'll have to work on what suits you and > your computer. > > Looks like there are maps for the UK, just not sure where you may be but > here is a link to get you started. > > > http://downloads.cloudmade.com/europe/northern_europe/united_kingdom#downloads_breadcrumbs > > Hope that helps. > > 73 John > On Feb 1, 2013 8:12 PM, "Dave H" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi > > I'm building a station to demo at a radio rally this Sunday - info here > > http://www.midcars.org/ to represent our Linux User Group (Shropshire > > Lug). > > I'm in England UK. NOT the US. > > > > I would like to show OSM maps on the PC running on Xastir on a Mint > Linux > > box > > - its only got a 20Gig HDD in it and I would prefer not to use mobile > > broadband (there may not be a signal there anyway!) > > > > So can anyone tell me how - if I set up Xastir running with OSM maps at > > home - can I save the maps and if so can I get Xastir to see them again - > > I've never had any luck in the past when attempting to do OSM offline. > > > > I know I could download the maps - but the files are bigger than the PCs > > HDD <sigh!> I had read the Xastir page on this but as I am in the UK - > the > > US help doesn't really help me. > > > > -- > > 73s Dave H > > G0CER > > (also G6VSG, KJ4QAO ) > > http://www.eQSL.cc/Member.cfm?G0CER > > http://g0cer.blogspot.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Xastir mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir > > > _______________________________________________ > Xastir mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir > -- 73s Dave H G0CER (also G6VSG, KJ4QAO ) http://www.eQSL.cc/Member.cfm?G0CER http://g0cer.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
