[mkgmap-dev] Garmin Marine Devices

Sun Mar 4 09:59:14 GMT 2012

Dear developers,

there was a discussion about changing the header of the img files in a way
they will load on a newer Garmin marine device (e.g. GPSMap 4xx, 5xx):

http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/pipermail/mkgmap-dev/2010q1/006427.html

As a workaround, a tool called Marinator can patch the img files for making
them usable on newer marine devices:

http://www.mediafire.com/file/muizdgzyewz/BlueChartG2_Marinator.rar

Having to use this tool, there is no way to produce a gmapsupp that works on
marine devices directly with mkgmap. You will always have to create a
MapSource version, patch the imgs and then create a gmapsupp. This makes it
impossible to produce marine maps automatically under linux.

Is there a chance to modify mkgmap in a way the maps do not have to be
patched anymore?

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