[aprssig] APRSCE Maps?

Robbie, wa9inf mwrobertson at comcast.net
Wed May 3 11:42:53 EDT 2006


Thanks Steve and all the others,

The .map maps work just fine.. Little light on the details and 
information, but I guess it'll have to do.. I'm spoiled really with the 
detailed maps of Precision Mapping and Delorme...

Robbie

Stephen H. Smith wrote:

> jason at ke4nyv.com wrote:
>
>>After lost of trial and error and spending money on
>>several CF serial cards, I finally have APRSCE talking
>>on a PocketPC running Windows Mobile 5.  Now that it
>>works, I'm looking for some maps.  I noticed that the
>>TAPR map directory is debunk, any other suggestions of
>>sources or even directions to make them myself?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Jason KE4NYV
>>www.ke4nyv.com
>>  
>>
>
>
>
> There are still a lot of maps archived at the TAPR website that will 
> work with APRS/CE.   Point a browser (or preferably an FTP client)   
> at this URL:
>      ftp://ftp.tapr.org/aprssig/maps/   
>
> and browse the directory system.  Many Win and MacAPRS "classic" maps 
> (i.e. not Tiger or Precision Mapping)  and DOSaprs maps will work with 
> APRS/ce .  
>
> Maps in the "PCMaps" and "WinMacMaps" branches of this directory 
> system should be usable with APRSce.  (I've used some of them myself 
> with APRSce on an HP Jornada 520.)
>
> Maps in the "MacMaps" branch of this directory system are archived 
> with Stuffit (a Mac utility similar to, but not the same as, Winzip) 
> in files with the extension ".SIT".  These file probably won't be 
> openable in Windows or DOS.
>
> Note that some of these archive files are state-level map collections 
> while others are regional around particular cities or metro areas.  
>






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