[mkgmap-dev] DEM Noddy Guide

Tue Jan 9 09:45:41 GMT 2018

Hi Gerd

Run file:

java -Xmx1024m -ea -jar F:\vb6\A_MAPU~1\mkgmaps\MKA1FF~1\mkgmap.jar 
--mapname=41061037 --family-id=993 F:\vb6\A_MAPU~1\TOPO_6~1.TYP 
--series-name="map3" --family-name="map3" --overview-mapname="map3" 
--remove-short-arcs --style-file=F:\vb6\A_MAPU~1\styles 
--style="default" --keep-going --check-roundabouts --drive-on=right 
--output-dir=F:\vb6\A_MAPU~1\temp --transparent --index --route --nsis 
--add-pois-to-areas --add-pois-to-lines --merge-lines 
--name-tag-list=int_name,name --location-autofill=is_in,nearest 
--housenumbers --tdbfile --draw-priority=10 -c 
F:\vb6\A_MAPU~1\args\DEM~1.ARG -c F:\vb6\A_MAPU~1\args\TEMPLA~2.ARG

Attached are the args

On 09/01/2018 09:34, osm at pinns wrote:
> Hi Gerd
>
> Bear with me
>
> Nick
>
>
> On 09/01/2018 09:29, Gerd Petermann wrote:
>> Hi Nick,
>>
>> seems that something goes wrong with the dem option, it seems to 
>> contain only a blank.
>> No idea what goes wrong, maybe you have repeated the option --dem 
>> somewhere?
>> Please post the full command.
>>
>> Gerd
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> Von: mkgmap-dev <mkgmap-dev-bounces at lists.mkgmap.org.uk> im Auftrag 
>> von osm at pinns <osm at pinns.co.uk>
>> Gesendet: Dienstag, 9. Januar 2018 10:22:28
>> An: mkgmap-dev at lists.mkgmap.org.uk
>> Betreff: Re: [mkgmap-dev] DEM Noddy Guide
>>
>> Hi Gerd
>>
>> I now get
>>
>>
>> SEVERE (HGTReader): F:\garmin\maps\ukraine\12345700.osm.pbf:
>> extracted path >< does not exist, check
>> Number of MapFailedExceptions: 0
>> Number of ExitExceptions: 0
>> Time finished: Tue Jan 09 09:21:10 GMT 2018
>> Total time taken: 20273ms
>>
>>     .
>>
>>
>> On 09/01/2018 09:13, Gerd Petermann wrote:
>>> Hi Nick,
>>>
>>> yes, the message looks that strange because the variable "dir" is 
>>> empty or maybe contains a blank when this code is executed:
>>> File f = new File (dir);
>>> if (!f.exists())  log.error(dir, "does not exist");
>>>
>>> The file name for the *.pbf is added by the logging method, because 
>>> the dem option is parsed for each osm input file.
>>> With r4039 I've changed the code for the error message to this:
>>> log.error("extracted path >" + dir + "< does not exist, check", 
>>> dirsWithHGT);
>>>
>>> Please try to reproduce the error with r4039 and let me know what it 
>>> reports now.
>>>
>>> Gerd
>>>
>>> ________________________________________
>>> Von: mkgmap-dev <mkgmap-dev-bounces at lists.mkgmap.org.uk> im Auftrag 
>>> von osm at pinns <osm at pinns.co.uk>
>>> Gesendet: Dienstag, 9. Januar 2018 09:57:49
>>> An: mkgmap-dev at lists.mkgmap.org.uk
>>> Betreff: Re: [mkgmap-dev] DEM Noddy Guide
>>>
>>> Hi Gerd
>>>
>>> I'm merely questioning the phrasing of the message -, ie it wasn't the
>>> pdf that was causing the problem as the msg implied.
>>>
>>> Nick
>>>
>>>
>>> On 09/01/2018 08:51, Gerd Petermann wrote:
>>>> Hi Nick,
>>>>
>>>> I cannot reproduce that message without using a wrong option like
>>>> dem=path1,,path2
>>>> (extra comma)
>>>>
>>>> Anyhow, I try to improve the message.
>>>>
>>>> Gerd
>>>>
>>>> ________________________________________
>>>> Von: mkgmap-dev <mkgmap-dev-bounces at lists.mkgmap.org.uk> im Auftrag 
>>>> von osm at pinns <osm at pinns.co.uk>
>>>> Gesendet: Dienstag, 9. Januar 2018 09:40:23
>>>> An: mkgmap-dev at lists.mkgmap.org.uk
>>>> Betreff: Re: [mkgmap-dev] DEM Noddy Guide
>>>>
>>>> Hi Gerd
>>>>
>>>> I used
>>>>
>>>> dem=e:\dem\europe\
>>>> overview-dem-dist=88888
>>>> dem-dists=3312,13248,26512,53024
>>>> dem-poly=F:\garmin\ukraine\areas.poly
>>>>
>>>> when I added the required .hgt files it worked OK
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 09/01/2018 08:20, Gerd Petermann wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 09/01/2018 08:20, Gerd Petermann wrote:
>>>>> Hi Nick,
>>>>>
>>>>> I think this message may appear if you have blanks in the option 
>>>>> --dem. What exactly do you use?
>>>>>
>>>>> Gerd
>>>>>
>>>>> ________________________________________
>>>>> Von: mkgmap-dev <mkgmap-dev-bounces at lists.mkgmap.org.uk> im 
>>>>> Auftrag von osm at pinns <osm at pinns.co.uk>
>>>>> Gesendet: Dienstag, 9. Januar 2018 09:14:14
>>>>> An: mkgmap-dev at lists.mkgmap.org.uk
>>>>> Betreff: Re: [mkgmap-dev] DEM Noddy Guide
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Gerd,
>>>>>
>>>>> Just come across a misleading error message:
>>>>>
>>>>> SEVERE (HGTReader): F:\garmin\maps\ukraine\12345700.osm.pbf:
>>>>>       does not exist
>>>>> Number of MapFailedExceptions: 0
>>>>> Number of ExitExceptions: 0
>>>>>
>>>>> The pbf existed, as it produced the map with out DEM !
>>>>>
>>>>> However,some of the .hgt files were missing which caused the error.
>>>>>
>>>>> Just a minor point
>>>>>
>>>>> r
>>>>>
>>>>> Nick
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 09/01/2018 06:09, Gerd Petermann wrote:
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I did not note this before, but there is probably a typo in this 
>>>>>> description:
>>>>>> overview-dem-dist=888888 is far too high, I assume Arndt meant 
>>>>>> 88888.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Besides that I think there is need to use --dem-poly in 
>>>>>> combination with the poly file created by splitter.
>>>>>> This poly file just describes the outer boundaries of the tiles, 
>>>>>> and mkgmap calculates this polygon anyway.
>>>>>> The --dem-poly can be used with the rather complex *.poly files 
>>>>>> from geofabrik. I've tested with bolivia.poly which has 1176 nodes
>>>>>> and the additional tests for the polygon bounds did not take 
>>>>>> long. Still, you may want to draw your own simpler poly files 
>>>>>> because those from
>>>>>> geofabrik are rather close to country borders.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Gerd
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ________________________________________
>>>>>> Von: mkgmap-dev <mkgmap-dev-bounces at lists.mkgmap.org.uk> im 
>>>>>> Auftrag von Arndt Röhrig <arndt at speichenkarte.de>
>>>>>> Gesendet: Freitag, 5. Januar 2018 21:41:57
>>>>>> An: Development list for mkgmap
>>>>>> Betreff: Re: [mkgmap-dev] DEM Noddy Guide
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Mike,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> it´s simple:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - Download hgt files )*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - give mkgmap the option x-dem=path to the hgt files
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - x-dem-dists=3314,4000,6000,8000,10000,15000 (maybe other values 
>>>>>> are better)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1 value for each level (options file: exampel levels = 0:24, 
>>>>>> 1:23, 2:22, 3:21, 4:20, 5:19)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - x-overview-dem-dist=888888 writes DEM to the overviewmap (maybe 
>>>>>> other value is better)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - x-dem-poly=path to a poly file  for example areas.poly from 
>>>>>> splitter result.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That´s all.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> )* hgt files are downloadable here: 
>>>>>> http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/dem3.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I use phyghtmap to create SRTM contourlines as .pbf. the program 
>>>>>> download hgt files from viewfinderpanoramas to build the pbfs. 
>>>>>> After that you find a folder hgt on your pc with hgt files inside.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://katze.tfiu.de/projects/phyghtmap/
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Greetings
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Arndt
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mike Baggaley hat am 5. Januar 2018 um 21:19 geschrieben:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've been following the discussions of DEM with interest, but 
>>>>>> have so far
>>>>>> not attempted to create a map including this. Is there a guide to 
>>>>>> the steps
>>>>>> involved in producing the DEM data? I have contour data in OSM 
>>>>>> format - is
>>>>>> there a simple way to get this into a suitable input format (or 
>>>>>> is there a
>>>>>> specification of the input format available, so I can knock up 
>>>>>> something to
>>>>>> convert it)? I'm assuming that the height data contains the same 
>>>>>> information
>>>>>> as contour data but in a different format.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Mike
>>>>>>
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