[mkgmap-dev] Short mkgmap HowTo

Wed Nov 16 10:46:29 GMT 2011

On 16 Nov 2011, at 14:42, Steve Hosgood <steve at stoneship.org.uk> wrote:

> On 2011-07-30 13:41, WanMil wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I have created a short HowTo in the wiki for first time users:
>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mkgmap/How_to_create_a_map
>> 
> 
> A suggestion for an addition to this page:
> 
> Please put in details of how to get MapSource to install at all! I tried 
> to install 6.16.3 on my Vista box, but all I got was a message "Previous 
> MapSource not found! Setup will terminate".
> 
> Which it did! Leaving me with no MapSource. I'm eager to have a play 
> with it in order to get the address-search stuff working (and maybe to 
> find out how to do that independently) but obviously I need a usable 
> MapSource in the first place.
> 
> Any ideas please?
> Steve
> 
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I just reinstalled windows from scratch and had the same problem. The solution is to install the version of mapsource or trip and waypoint manager that came on a cd with your gps, then update mapsource to the newest version.