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  // Available variables:
  // - Machine
  // - interpret
  // - assign
  // - send
  // - sendParent
  // - spawn
  // - raise
  // - actions

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Problem

We want to be able to synchronize the data in mapeo-core to disk so that it can be transported via "sneakernet" to another device. This would most likely be on a USB flash drive, but could also be sent over email or a local bluetooth connection.

Currently safe-fs-blob-store - an implementation of abstract-blob-store - is used for storing media (attachments) in the mapeo-core database. On disk the blobs as stored as files and folders. This is potentially a problem for moving the archive around on disk because a user could easily, accidentally or intentionally, move files and folders and result in data loss and a corrupt database.

Requirements

Ideally we would have a single file containing all attachments and all database data that can be used to sync between machines.

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var LayerControl = require('@digidem/mapbox-layer-control')

var layerControl

var myControl = {
  onAdd: function (map) {
    var style = map.getStyle()
    var layers = getLayersFromStyle(style)
    layerControl = new LayerControl(layers)
    return layerControl.onAdd(map)

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# Your init script
#
# Atom will evaluate this file each time a new window is opened. It is run
# after packages are loaded/activated and after the previous editor state
# has been restored.
#
# An example hack to log to the console when each text editor is saved.
#
# atom.workspace.observeTextEditors (editor) ->
#   editor.onDidSave ->

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Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop Setup

First things first:

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

Networking Tools

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MBTiles (MapBox Tiles)

https://github.com/mapbox/mbtiles-spec

MBTiles is a specification for storing tiled map data in SQLite databases for immediate usage and for transfer.

MBTiles is a useful format for storing image and vector tilesets (used in "slippy-maps") on disk, and for transferring between devices for offline use.

MBTiles advantages

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Overview

Digital Democracy is looking for a volunteer to help pilot long-distance solar-powered wifi antennaes in indigenous communities in Guyana.

Background

Digital Democracy is working with the Wapichan people in the South Rupununi in Guyana to support them in efforts to secure their ancestral territory and increase their autonomy and self-determination. The Wapichan live in 17 villages and 7 smaller "satellites" in a large semi-natural savannah ecosystem surrounded by tropical forest. Communication between villages and with the outside world is difficult due to limited or no cellphone or internet access. We want to help the Wapichan improve their means of communicating with the rest of the world and communicating and coordinating between villages.

Location

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const request = require('request')
const duplexify = require('duplexify')
const hyperlog = require('hyperlog')
const memdb = require('memdb')

const log = hyperlog(memdb())
const url = 'http://localhost:4001/'

log.add(null, 'hello', function (err, node) {
  if (err) throw err

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This is similar to Map Pan & Zoom IV but with unprojected raw GeoJSON, which is scaled to fit the canvas.