[mkgmap-dev] Adding the gmapi format.

Mon Dec 5 23:33:00 GMT 2016

Andrzej Popowski <popej at poczta.onet.pl> writes:

> gmapi is used to install maps on MacOS. This extension is associated
> with Garmin programs, but I think gmap works the same. I don't know
> any use for gmapi on Windows, all you need on Windows is gmap folder.

I thought gmapi was normal, but I'm using basecamp on OS X to view
mkgmap-generated maps.  I put them in GMAPI, and

  $ ls -lR GMAPI

  total 0
  drwxr-xr-x+ 3 gdt  staff  102 Nov 20 12:01 OSM_gdt_series.gmapi

  GMAPI/OSM_gdt_series.gmapi:
  total 0
  drwxr-xr-x+ 7 gdt  staff  238 Nov 20 12:01 OSM_gdt_series.gmap

  GMAPI/OSM_gdt_series.gmapi/OSM_gdt_series.gmap:
  total 36
  -rw-r--r--+   1 gdt  staff   1322 Nov 20 12:01 63240000.mdx
  drwxr-xr-x+   4 gdt  staff    136 Nov 20 12:01 63240000_mdr
  -rw-r--r--+   1 gdt  staff  26883 Nov 20 12:01 CFMaster.TYP
  -rw-r--r--+   1 gdt  staff    552 Nov 20 12:01 Info.xml
  drwxr-xr-x+ 113 gdt  staff   3842 Nov 20 12:01 OSMTiles

I have always done "open GMAPI/OSM_gdt_series.gmapi" to start
mapmanager, but "open GMAPI/OSM_gdt_series.gmapi/OSM_gdt_series.gmap"
worked also.

So I don't think the outer container is needed.  Plus, this is easy to
add back if we figure out later that it's useful.  But I don't think its
presence hurts anything.