On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 6:56 PM, David A Aitcheson <[email protected] > wrote:
> Okay everyone; we have a release about to drop and we might as well FIX > SOME PROBLEMS that have languished way to long! > > Specifically some of the online map ".geo" files that are built in to > the program that DO NOT work; such as: > > Online/CanadaTopo250k (currently only a > placeholderfile in /usr/local/share/xastir/maps) > Online/CanadaTopo50k (currently only a > placeholderfile in /usr/local/share/xastir/maps) > Online/OSM_tiled_osmarender > Online/OSM_tiled_skiing > Online/OSM_tiled_topOSM_0_relief > Online/OSM_tiled_topOSM_1_contour > Online/OSM_tiled_topOSM_2_features > Online/TXRadar (points to > http://mesonet.tamu.edu which appears to be abandoned) > Online/USRadar (points to > http://mesonet.tamu.edu which appears to be abandoned) > Online/WMSRadar (points to > http://mesonet.tamu.edu which appears to be abandoned) > Online/terraserver-reflectivity (currently only a > placeholderfile in /usr/local/share/xastir/maps) > Online/terraserver-topo (currently only a placeholder > file in /usr/local/share/xastir/maps) > Online/terraserver-urban (currently only a placeholder > file in /usr/local/share/xastir/maps) > Online/terraserver (currently only a placeholder > file in /usr/local/share/xastir/maps) > > I remember a discussion thread that some of the "OSM_tiled_*" are > possibly no longer available from a while ago; should we consider > dropping those map "geo" files from the source and thus clean up the > maps presentation view for newer and future users? > > The same should be considered for all of the "Placeholder" .geo files > and the MesoNet related Radar.geo files in my opinion. > I agree - also the 4 non-tiled geo's starting with online_osm_cloudemade - I understand cloudemade is no more. The non-functioning choices have been that way for quite a while now, so IMO they might as well be deleted. Regards, Lee - K5DAT _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir
