On Fri, 19 Sep 2014, Eric H. Christensen wrote:

I run Xastir with OSM tiles.  As I move around on my map and zoom in and out I 
notice that it takes a while to load the tiles.  I think this is happening 
because Xastir has to download the necessary tiles.  Has anyone come up with a 
way to download all the maps you'll need for your area and keep them local so 
if you are in an area without Internet access your maps will continue to 
operate?

Yes.  Instead of using the tiles, download the OSM Shapefiles.  From Cloudmade 
I think.  Works great, is fast, and the storage is only what you need for the 
vector information, not images.  Xastir support Shapefiles natively.

It's been a while since I've downloaded them, so I'm not sure if Cloudmade 
shapefile extracts are still around.  If not, perhaps someone else is doing the 
shapefile extracts.

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