Is the tiling system with the zoom/x/y.png standard for non OSM like the ArcGIS topo?
Does this system work cross between maps, ex. Does 5/5/5.png have the same lat long bounds between any tile map? Kd0whb > On Nov 19, 2015, at 10:50 AM, Fred Hillhouse Jr <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I run Windows and use APRSIS32 and I use more than the OSM tiles (e.g., > ArcGIS Topo). > > I have used an USB hard drive for tile storage while mobile. You can get > really big ones for lower cost these days. Some might argue an SSD makes > more since. I am leery of that since I have had several USB Flash Drive, > plus, they are costly. > > If you are rendering your own tiles, then plug in a portable hard drive and > copy (backup) the latest tile revisions to the portable hard drive. > > Most of the time, space is not all that important. I have less than 10GB of > tiles and I do look around the world when something interesting is > happening. I am in between projects looking to roll out my newest > configuration. > > I wrote an application to download the tiles I need. I started first with > something that simply used a GPX file as the source. I haven't finished a > routine to fetch tiles within a polygon. That would be useful for counties, > cities, etc. A whole state would be extreme. > > I don't know if Xastir can actually use tiles but it seems like a logical > extension if not. > > Best regards, > Fred N7FMH > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jason KG4WSV > Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2015 7:42 AM > To: Xastir - APRS client software discussion > Subject: Re: [Xastir] Script to cache some maps > >> On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 10:23 PM, Skyler F <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> So the ultimate solution for the raspberry pi folks would be to run a tile >> server on their home computer (so there is no violation of terms and you >> can download as many tiles as needed), and then run this script to cache > as >> many maps as needed onto their pi. I think that is the way to go! > > This sorta sounds like the worst of both worlds to me - you are still tied > to your home network connectivity to get maps, but you additionally have > all of the hassles of running a server just to keep maps available. ugh. > > I'm with Andrew, my "ultimate" is vector data that xastir can ingest > directly. > > The only reason for me to set up a map server is if I can't get said vector > data formatted for xastir. There's a slight advantage to sourcing OSM > data, since that's the FOSS GIS data du jour. A portable tile server (e.g. > mobile, incident command post, remote event HQ, etc) would likely require a > fairly well endowed computer (high end laptop, potent SBC like an Intel > NUC, or _maybe_ a higher end ARM like a Jetson TK1). I seriously doubt > Pi/beaglebone/etc is going to get the job done as a tile server, they're > just too anemic computationally. > > -Jason > kg4wsv > _______________________________________________ > Xastir mailing list > [email protected] > http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir > > _______________________________________________ > Xastir mailing list > [email protected] > http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir
