That's the whole planet as vector data. It's vastly smaller than the whole planet as graphic tiles.
It's not a violation of terms to download and use the tiles, just to download huge numbers of them in a short time. 73, A On 8 May 2015 at 11:58, 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] > _______________________________________________ > Xastir mailing list > [email protected] > http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir > _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir
