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
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