On Thu, May 07, 2015 at 09:06:59PM -0600, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <[email protected]> flavor, containing: > 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?
They are cached on your hard drive. That's how caching works. Look in .xastir/OSMtiles. It's a directory of all the map tiles you've downloaded. It is reused between program starts. The tiles are only refetched when they change, and are checked only every few days. Watch the message box on the bottom left of the screen when you view the OSM maps, and you'll see that it only says 'downloading tile x/y' when you are viewing an area you haven't looked at before. > On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 9:04 PM, Tom Russo <[1][email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, May 07, 2015 at 09:02:12PM -0600, we recorded a bogon-computron > collision of the <[2][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][3][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][4][email protected]> wrote: > > > >** ** ** ** On Thu, May 07, 2015 at 08:43:49PM -0600, we recorded a > >** ** ** ** bogon-computron collision of the > <[3][5][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][6]http://www.swcp.com/~russo/ > >** ** ** ** Tijeras, NM** QRPL#1592 K2#398** SOC#236** ** ** ** > >** ** ** ** [5][7]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][8][email protected] > >** ** ** ** [7][9]http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir > > > >** ** ** -- > >** ** ** Skyler Fennell > >** ** ** [8][10]amsatnet.info > >** ** ** KD**WHB > >** ** ** [9][11][email protected] > > > >** ** -- > >** ** Skyler Fennell > >** ** [10][12]amsatnet.info > >** ** KD**WHB > >** ** [11][13][email protected] > > > > References > > > >** ** Visible links > >** ** 1. mailto:[14][email protected] > >** ** 2. mailto:[15][email protected] > >** ** 3. mailto:[16][email protected] > >** ** 4. [17]http://www.swcp.com/~russo/ > >** ** 5. [18]http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?DDTNM > >** ** 6. mailto:[19][email protected] > >** ** 7. [20]http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir > >** ** 8. [21]http://amsatnet.info/ > >** ** 9. mailto:[22][email protected] > >** **10. [23]http://amsatnet.info/ > >** **11. mailto:[24][email protected] > -- > Tom Russo** ** KM5VY** **SAR502** **DM64ux** ** ** ** ** > [25]http://www.swcp.com/~russo/ > Tijeras, NM** QRPL#1592 K2#398** SOC#236** ** ** ** > [26]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 > [27]amsatnet.info > KD**WHB > [28][email protected] > > References > > Visible links > 1. mailto:[email protected] > 2. mailto:[email protected] > 3. mailto:[email protected] > 4. mailto:[email protected] > 5. mailto:[email protected] > 6. http://www.swcp.com/~russo/ > 7. http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?DDTNM > 8. mailto:[email protected] > 9. http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir > 10. http://amsatnet.info/ > 11. mailto:[email protected] > 12. http://amsatnet.info/ > 13. mailto:[email protected] > 14. mailto:[email protected] > 15. mailto:[email protected] > 16. mailto:[email protected] > 17. http://www.swcp.com/~russo/ > 18. http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?DDTNM > 19. mailto:[email protected] > 20. http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir > 21. http://amsatnet.info/ > 22. mailto:[email protected] > 23. http://amsatnet.info/ > 24. mailto:[email protected] > 25. http://www.swcp.com/~russo/ > 26. http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?DDTNM > 27. http://amsatnet.info/ > 28. 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] _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir
