I can get to this site via a web browser but couldn't get connected when trying to connect to it with a FTP client. I'd like to be able to grab all the data at once via FTP. Is this available?
Eric KF4OTN Stephen Brown Jr wrote: > Well I managed to download the shapefiles for my county based off of the > Tiger map data from > ftp://aprs.tamu.edu/pub/Xastir/Maps/TIGER/xastir.tamu.edu/2004/counties/TN/ > > Inside the zip file I see this: > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2516491 2005-02-27 07:38 TN_Carter_County.dbf > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1368321 2005-02-27 07:38 > TN_Carter_County_Poly.dbf > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1746272 2005-02-27 07:38 > TN_Carter_County_Poly.shp > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25444 2005-02-27 07:38 > TN_Carter_County_Poly.shx > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 257 2005-02-27 07:38 TN_Carter_County.prj > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1700828 2005-02-27 07:38 TN_Carter_County.shp > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 103820 2005-02-27 07:38 TN_Carter_County.shx > > I unzipped these all to /usr/local/share/xastir/maps and started up xastir, > and found the corresponding shapefile in the maps chooser menu and was able > to get the map to show up in xastir. Not the prettiest thing in the world, > but at least it's working. > > Reading over this page > http://www.swcp.com/~russo/shape_web/tutorial.htmland it appears that > there are a lot of options you can configure, but a > little of this was over my head at this point. > > So now that I have some data, I would like to make it look like the > original > tiger data and dont really know where to begin? What are all those > different > files for and how can I start editing this to my liking? > > I also have MapInfo data available to me as well as Precision Mapping and > Street Atlas, as Darryl mentioned it would be useful if we could somehow > use > that data as well if xastir supports it? > > I have to say this is the most I have ever used xastir and it is the most > advanced APRS program I have ever used. Good job devs. I got Festival > working and that is just utterly amazing, it was so cool to hear my > messages > read off to me! > > 73's > Stephen > N1VLV > > > > > On 11/9/06, Darryl Gibson <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: >> >> Stephen Brown Jr wrote: >> > >> > What would be the best option based on what I want? Also, is there a >> good >> > tutorial or reference that explains all these different types of maps >> > available? >> >> I'm in the same position as you are, so I'll be following this thread >> closely. >> >> Curious, I have a copy of Street Atlas, can I extract map files from >> that? >> >> >> -- >> Darryl Gibson N2DIY >> RLU X 182668/379552 >> >> "Arms are the only true badges of liberty. The possession of arms is the >> distinction of a free man from a slave." -- Andrew Fletcher, A >> Discourse of Government with relation to Militias (1698) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Xastir mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir >> > _______________________________________________ > Xastir mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
