While not in Canada but still close enough (about three miles from the
borderline) I can say with authority that both Online/CanadaTopo250k.geo
and Online/CanadaTopo50k.geo do NOT work and can also be eliminated.

73
Dave
KB3EFS
FN24BI81GP


On 03/28/15 19:29, Lee Bengston wrote:
> Thanks Lynn.  Fyi, Xastir is already using that one.  It's one of 3 OSM
> URL's that are still functioning.
>
> I went through the map chooser, and here are the results:
>
> Geo files that do NOT work that should be deleted:
>
> Online/OSM_cloudmade_1.geo
> Online/OSM_cloudmade_2.geo
> Online/OSM_cloudmade_3.geo
> Online/OSM_cloudmade_998.geo
> Online/OSM_tiled_osmarender.geo
> Online/OSM_tiled_skiiing.go
> Online/OSM_tiled_topOSM_0_relief.geo
> Online/OSM_tiled_topOSM_1_contour.geo
> Online/OSM_tiled_topOSM_2_features.geo
> Online/TXRadar.geo
> Online/USRadar.geo
> Online/WMSRadar.go
> Online/terraserver.geo
> Online/terraserver-topo.geo
> Online/terraserver-reflectivity.geo
>
> Geo Files that still work and should be retained:
>
> Online/OSM_tiled_cycle.geo
> Online/OSM_tiled_fosm.geo
> Online/OSM_tiled_mapnik.geo
>
> Geo files that I did not look at due to not being in Canada and not feeling
> like changing my coordinates to put my station in Canada:
> Online/CanadaTopo250k.geo
> Online/CanadaTopo50k.geo
>
> I modified one of the non-functional OSM geo files to point to the mapquest
> street map tiles, and it works fine. So I guess I've got the first instance
> of Xastir running with online mapquest tiles.
>
> BR,
> Lee - K5DAT
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 1:03 PM, Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr) <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> The default in APRSISCE/32 out of the box is OpenStreetMaps which isn't
>> even listed on that Wiki page because it is hard-coded in the .EXE.  The
>> server is tile.openstreetmap.org with the default of port 80 and a URL of
>> / which translates to /zoom/x/y.png as described at
>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Slippy_map_tilenames
>>
>> Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for Windows Mobile and Win32
>>
>>
>> On 3/28/2015 10:49 AM, Lee Bengston wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 10:52 AM, Tom Russo <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>  On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 08:18:37AM -0600, we recorded a bogon-computron
>>>> collision of the <[email protected]> flavor, containing:
>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 01:37:44PM +0200, we recorded a bogon-computron
>>>>>
>>>> collision of the <[email protected]> flavor, containing:
>>>>
>>>>> None of the maps that appear in the Map Chooser window after
>>>>>> installation do work.
>>>>>>
>>>>> [...]
>>>>> Report what error messages you see on the screen.
>>>>>
>>>> In a quick test of the "Online" maps, OSM_tiled_mapnik.geo was the only
>>>> one
>>>> I found that actually worked, the rest showed either file not found
>>>> errors,
>>>> "bad Magick header" (meaning they were HTML error pages, not images), or
>>>> timed out.
>>>>
>>>> Has anyone on the list been using a map other than OSM_tiled_mapnik.geo
>>>> and
>>>> had it work?  Looks like almost all of the servers we have relied on are
>>>> now
>>>> gone.  OSM_tiled_mapnik still works, at least.
>>>>
>>>> If this is the only one that works, then the others need to be removed
>>>> from
>>>> our top-level Makefile.am (where the .geos are generated from a
>>>> template).
>>>>
>>>> I think all the weather radar maps are also broken, as their associated
>>>> servers vanished ages ago.  Their associated geos should probably not be
>>>> installed anymore.
>>>>
>>>> If anyone has information about new OSM servers that can replace those
>>>> we've
>>>> lost, it is not terribly difficult to add new ones --- a matter of
>>>> getting an appropriate URL and options strings to pass to the server.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> ​I think the additional tile sets documented at the link below would work
>>> with Xastir.  I understand APRSIS32 uses the same OSM mapnik maps by
>>> default that are working now in Xastir.  There may be a few in the list
>>> that are no longer working, but I'm not sure.  I wouldn't expect to
>>> implement all/most of these - just pick a few that are considered the most
>>> useful.  I like the mapquest street map as an alternative.
>>>
>>> http://aprsisce.wikidot.com/tile-sets
>>>
>>>
>>> BR,
>>> Lee - K5DAT
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