Guys, thanks for the feedback - the Tiger idea is now in the round file. (My interest in that had been that as a vector construct, these wd lend themselves to high compression for storage purposes.)<br>
<br>A number of my users object to Google's TOU, and others require operation sans internet connectivity. I'd like to find a
mapping product/set that will allow for a local-only, server-based
operation.<br><br>
What I'm looking for is a set of maps on cd's or any other compact medium, zoom levels 8 to 14, with an API that will support icon and text placement. Ideally, open source, but that may not be available at this writing.<br>
<br>While I really like the idea of OSM/OL - I've done some work with those with good results - but a download of the tile set for my county took around 55 hours, with a 1-second wait between files in order to reduce hammering them. Times like that can be a deal-breaker for some users. <br>
<br>I've been in contact with the mapquest people hoping that they had plans to publish OSM tile sets on removeable/portable media, but, sadly, no.<br><br>I'm monitoring the OSM site for any developments surfacing there, but I'll appreciate *any* suggestions that might meet the above constraints. Thanks again, all.<br>
<br>AS<br>
<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 12:36 AM, Brian Webster <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bwebster@wirelessmapping.com" target="_blank">bwebster@wirelessmapping.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Tiger is going to limit you</span> ...<br>
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