The issue I have is that if the program crashes and I am in the middle of nowhere in the mountains at the race where there is no service, I will not be able to start the map back up. Is it possible to save the tiles that are already cached?
If I am already downloading them from the server, what is the harm in having them save to my systems hard drive? On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 9:04 PM, Tom Russo <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, May 07, 2015 at 09:02:12PM -0600, we recorded a bogon-computron > collision of the <[email protected]> flavor, containing: > > 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. > > Yes, that's fine. All you would have to do is to set run Xastir on-line > for a bit while you zoom and pan around the area of your bike race. Xastir > will cache the tiles, and it'll work fine off-line so long as you don't > zoom or pan outside the area you've cached. > > Doing so for an entire state at 20 zoom levels in one sitting is more what > I'm talking about. And what has gotten clients blocked in the past. > > > On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 8:58 PM, Skyler F <[1][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 <[2][email protected]> > wrote: > > > > On Thu, May 07, 2015 at 08:43:49PM -0600, we recorded a > > bogon-computron collision of the <[3][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** ** ** ** ** > > [4]http://www.swcp.com/~russo/ > > Tijeras, NM** QRPL#1592 K2#398** SOC#236** ** ** ** > > [5]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 > > [6][email protected] > > [7]http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir > > > > -- > > Skyler Fennell > > [8]amsatnet.info > > KD**WHB > > [9][email protected] > > > > -- > > Skyler Fennell > > [10]amsatnet.info > > KD**WHB > > [11][email protected] > > > > References > > > > Visible links > > 1. mailto:[email protected] > > 2. mailto:[email protected] > > 3. mailto:[email protected] > > 4. http://www.swcp.com/~russo/ > > 5. http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?DDTNM > > 6. mailto:[email protected] > > 7. http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir > > 8. http://amsatnet.info/ > > 9. mailto:[email protected] > > 10. http://amsatnet.info/ > > 11. mailto:[email protected] > > -- > 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] > > > > > -- Skyler Fennell amsatnet.info KDØWHB [email protected] _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir
