On Thu, 9 Nov 2006, Steve Friis wrote: > > On 11/9/06, Steve Friis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> Check out the one listed on the old web page called "Worldhi.map". It > >> loads very fast, and even has some color in the lines. I think it is in > >> public domain, but I could be wrong. Would certainly provide proof that > >> the program is working.
> The map I suggested (see above) loads with the stock libraries, is nice > looking for a first map, is relatively small, loads quick, and is > generic. That is to say, is not partial to any city, state, county or > continent, plus was free when I found it. "Free" doesn't necessarily mean that we can include it with our sources or binaries. If it is under a public domain or GPL license, then we can include it without asking. If it's anything else, we need to track down the original creator of the map, or creators if it has been worked on by several, and get their permission. I personally favor the PocketAPRS world map as it is relatively small but nice-looking and has some good detail. I didn't put the effort in to track down the originator. I have it in maps/henk/world.zip, it has these files in it: > unzip -l world.zip Archive: world.zip Length Date Time Name -------- ---- ---- ---- 51600 12-27-01 11:39 world.pdb 202 12-27-01 13:34 Readme.txt -------- ------- 51802 2 files So... It's a fairly small map. PocketAPRS maps were known for their small sizes. It's a very compact map format. More than likely it was created from something like the Worldhi.map file originally. The readme says: "This file is designed for use with pocketAPRS, the map is generated by PE1DNN. The map also works on APRS/CE and Xastir. This map is free of charge, enjoy! Henk de Groot - PE1DNN - [EMAIL PROTECTED]" So I'm sending this to Henk as well to see where the data originally came from, therefore whether we can include it in Xastir. It looks like there's no problem as long as the map data it was derived from has ok permissions. -- Curt, WE7U. APRS Client Comparisons: http://www.eskimo.com/~archer "Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math." -- unknown "Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates." -- WE7U "The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!" _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir