[mkgmap-dev] question for tdb-file record 0x52; option in mkgmap ?

Sun Nov 29 07:17:10 GMT 2015

Hi Steve, the problem is solved .  With option -arae-name= Kanaren works 
all perfekt.

Thank's at all
Am 28.11.2015 um 22:40 schrieb Steve Ratcliffe:
> Hi Thomas
>
> The tdb-file contains the copyright messages from each of the the map
> tiles, eliminating duplicates. So if the files are created with
> different versions of mkgmap, or even created by a different program
> altogether these messages will all be collected together in the TDB
> file.
>
> In this case 30007501 and 30007502 where created by mkgmap-r3650 and
> 40001173 was created by mkgmap-r3336.  At least that is what the
> copyright message within those files say.
>
> The TDB file contains several copyright blocks, including both these
> versions numbers.
>
> Anyway that is a side issue...
>
> I think you are probably looking for --area-name which defaults to
> 'Overview Map'.  This is the one that is displayed in MapSource anyway.
>
> The 0x52 record defaults to the string 'Test preview map' and has no
> known use so we havn't added an option to change it.
>
> Best wishes
>
> ..Steve
>
>> thomas
>>
>> Am 28.11.2015 um 19:41 schrieb Thomas Morgenstern:
>>> Edit : the string mkgmap -r3336 is in the Copyrightrecord. Maybee the
>>> copyright is not updated? Creation-time of tbd-file is: 28.11.2015,
>>> 19:17 Uhr GMT+1 hour
>>>
>>> thomas
>>> Am 28.11.2015 um 19:30 schrieb Thomas Morgenstern:
>>>> So i have newly downloaded mkgmap-r3650 and run it again. The
>>>> resulting tdb-file is available at :
>>>> http://img2ms.de/Downloads/TopoCeuta.tdb. Look  self in it with
>>>> hexeditor. At dezimalposition 950 you will find 'mkgmap-r3336'.
>>>> Hex-position is 0x3ac.
>>>> maybee is the problem the second run ?
>>>> regards thomas
>>>>
>>>> Am 28.11.2015 um 18:36 schrieb Gerd Petermann:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Thomas,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I see no way that r3650 produces the string mkgmap-r3336.
>>>>>
>>>>> So, I guess that you are looking at an old map, which would
>>>>>
>>>>> also explain that the different options have no effect.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ciao,
>>>>>
>>>>> Gerd
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
>>>>>
>>>>> *Von:* mkgmap-dev-bounces at lists.mkgmap.org.uk
>>>>> <mkgmap-dev-bounces at lists.mkgmap.org.uk> im Auftrag von Thomas
>>>>> Morgenstern <webmaster at img2ms.de>
>>>>> *Gesendet:* Samstag, 28. November 2015 18:08
>>>>> *An:* Development list for mkgmap
>>>>> *Betreff:* Re: [mkgmap-dev] question for tdb-file record 0x52;
>>>>> option in mkgmap ?
>>>>> I use mkgmap r-3650 from downloadsite:
>>>>> http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/download/mkgmap.html
>>>>> -->http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/download/mkgmap-r3650.zip.
>>>>> <http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/download/mkgmap.html>
>>>>>
>>>>> mkgmap download page
>>>>> Branch builds. These jar files are latest builds of recent
>>>>> development branches. They are useful if you want to quickly test a
>>>>> branch without having obtain and build it.
>>>>> Weitere Informationen... 
>>>>> <http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/download/mkgmap.html>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -family-name=Kanaren also make 'Overview Map'.
>>>>> My way is:
>>>>> 1. in first run I generate all <123345678>.img from *.osm-pbf . for
>>>>> Europa komplett
>>>>> 2. a secand run : /java -Xmx5000m jar mkgmap.jar -family-id=1918
>>>>> -product-id=1 -family-name=TopoKanaren -series-name=Topo Kanaren
>>>>> -overview-mapname=TopoCeuta -code-page=1252 -mapname=Kanaren
>>>>> -index    ****<the 12345678>.img-file/s. This creates the
>>>>> tdb,preview, mdx and _mdr.img. Works perfekt, but the only mistake
>>>>> is : 'Overview Map' .
>>>>>
>>>>> result is : in mapsource ->Fläche' -->'Overview Map' and not 'Topo
>>>>> Kanaren'
>>>>> Am 28.11.2015 um 17:11 schrieb Gerd Petermann:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hallo Thomas,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> please try --family-name=xyz.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Where did you get the binary that reports mkgmap-r3336 ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I assume that you build your own binary, in that case please
>>>>>>
>>>>>> use these two commands:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> svn update
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ant clean dist
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Gerd
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *Von:* mkgmap-dev-bounces at lists.mkgmap.org.uk
>>>>>> <mkgmap-dev-bounces at lists.mkgmap.org.uk> im Auftrag von Thomas
>>>>>> Morgenstern <webmaster at img2ms.de>
>>>>>> *Gesendet:* Samstag, 28. November 2015 15:29
>>>>>> *An:* Development list for mkgmap
>>>>>> *Betreff:* [mkgmap-dev] question for tdb-file record 0x52; option
>>>>>> in mkgmap ?
>>>>>> Has  mkgmap  a option, which write's the record 0x52 in tdb-file ?
>>>>>> My maps have in Mapsource all the entry 'Overview map' . But i will
>>>>>> for example 'Kanaren' or any other countryname. I have testet
>>>>>> followings option without success: -region-name=anywhat
>>>>>> ;-country.name= anywhat; -description= anywhat. I use -index to
>>>>>> create the tdb-file. I can use a hexeditor to change tdb- file-
>>>>>> record 0x52. But this is not a preferable way. i must recalculate a
>>>>>> CRC 32 checksum for record 0x54.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> By the way: i found a error in the tdb-file, created with mkgmap
>>>>>> r3650 : it prints in the copyright-section :.../.Map created with
>>>>>> mkgmap -r3336/...; It should bee updated to ./.r3650/
>>>>>>
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