[mkgmap-dev] mkgmap, sendmap and family-name oddities

Tue Sep 22 12:53:20 BST 2009

Have you tried a binary diff against the original file vs the one sendmap 
ends up putting on the GPS? Maybe that'll give some clues.

CF> Hello list,
CF> 
CF> Can anyone explain the following discrepancy?
CF> 
CF> 1. I invoke mkgmap with
CF> java -Xmx1500m -ea -jar ../mkgmap/mkgmap.jar -c UK_test_options.args
CF> (see attached file for options)
CF> 2a: I use sendmap to upload the file to my GPS
CF> 2b: I copy the file manually to the memory card
CF> Result of 2a: In the GPS, map tiles are listed as [description],
CF> [family-name], [date of creation]
CF> 
CF> Result of 2b: In the GPS, map tiles are listed as [description],
CF> Area 6324999X, [date of creation]
CF> 
CF> Obviously I'd like the maptiles to be listed as in 2a, but don't
CF> want to have to use sendmap because it's much much slower than using
CF> a card-reader.
CF> 
CF> Any ideas on what's going on?
CF> 
CF> --
CF> Charlie