On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 9:23 PM, Tom Russo <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 07:29:00PM -0400, we recorded a bogon-computron > collision of the <[email protected]> flavor, containing: > > > > 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 > > I am in the process of deleting these. > > I would be very much interested to hear if anyone has come up with > reasonable > alternatives to them that provide similar features. > Me too - particularly for radar. > > > Geo Files that still work and should be retained: > > > > Online/OSM_tiled_cycle.geo > I just tried it again, and it did work - the map was on mapnik prior to selecting the cycle choice, and it changed to a different looking map. It also indicated that tiles were being downloaded. > > I have tried this one and it always times out getting tiles. Are you sure > it > works? > > > 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. > > Does mapquest terms of service allow use in Xastir? If you'll check that > out > and verify that it is so, then please provide the .geo and I can add it to > the > code base. But if it's against the terms of service, we can't do it. > > I'll look into that. I doubt it's a problem - otherwise it would expect it to be excluded from the list posted for APRSIS32. That list already excludes Google and Yahoo Maps but shows Mapquest as an alternative tile set. I think I saw earlier where Mapquest uses the OSM database. Lee - K5DAT _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir
