[aprssig] Help with XASTIR maps

[Curt, WE7U]

On Mon, 21 Sep 2009, Rick Green wrote:

>> What else do I need to do?  What's the simple recipe for getting maps to 
>> work?
>
> 'GPS/' and 'Online/' are directories, not maps.  Check the 'expand 
> directories' box at the top, and within the 'Online' directory, you will find 
> 'Online/Tigermap.geo'

Also check that either "wget" or "libcurl" are loaded on the system,
whichever that Xastir binary was compiled to use.  Check your
internet map timeout number in Configure->Timing as well, and check
the Xterm that you start Xastir from for any error messages that
might give you clues.

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