And would it be ok to download a few for a specific area, specifically a bike race that covers about 50 miles? I am going to help with communications, and it would be really nice if I had OSM for the area of the bike race/fundraiser.
On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 8:58 PM, Skyler F <[email protected]> wrote: > If it is a violation to download the files, why do they offer the whole > planet for download? > > On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 8:55 PM, Tom Russo <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Thu, May 07, 2015 at 08:43:49PM -0600, we recorded a bogon-computron >> collision of the <[email protected]> flavor, containing: >> > Is it possible to use openstreet maps offline? I don't want the >> shapefiles >> > but would like to download the maps that look like the >> > Online/OSM_tiled_osmarender. >> >> The maps are cached as they are downloaded, so you can continue to use >> them >> as long as you've already accessed them on-line. >> >> > Is there a specific file type that I can download? I can't find a geo >> file, >> > just shape files. I have 600 gigabytes of storage, so I am not worried >> > about space, even though I only want a specific area. Do I need any >> > additional libraries or packages for xastir to work with offline Open >> > Street Maps? >> >> It's a violation of the OSM terms of use to do mass downloads of tiles. >> The author of APRSISCE32 had his software temporarily blacklisted by >> OSM servers during a time when it was somehow overzealously downloading >> tiles. So don't do anything that would cause Xastir to cache enormous >> numbers of files all at once, or try to do in a script. >> >> The shapefile approach is much better, though the maps won't look as >> pretty. >> >> -- >> Tom Russo KM5VY SAR502 DM64ux http://www.swcp.com/~russo/ >> Tijeras, NM QRPL#1592 K2#398 SOC#236 >> http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?DDTNM >> echo "prpv_a'rfg_cnf_har_cvcr" | sed -e 's/_/ /g' | tr [a-m][n-z] >> [n-z][a-m] >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Xastir mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir >> > > > > -- > Skyler Fennell > amsatnet.info > KDØWHB > [email protected] > -- Skyler Fennell amsatnet.info KDØWHB [email protected] _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir
