[mkgmap-dev] how-to in using mkgmap

Tue Mar 10 07:43:49 GMT 2009

On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 6:00 AM, Apollinaris Schoell <aschoell at gmail.com> wrote:
> Did some  trials to find a working combination. these options worked for me.
> I use MapsetToolkit to install/uninstall maps for Mapsource.
>
> tile splitter --mapid=41000001
> mapid must be a 8 digit number, last digit should be 1, multiple tiles will
> be numbered with increasing numbers,
> mkgmap will then use the same number for .img files
>
>
> mkgmap options to use maps in Mapsource, don't use other options like
> mapname, product-id ....
> - series-name should be set to identify multiple maps in Mapsource when
> selecting them. If not used all maps are name "OSM Map"
> - family-id must be set to different values for multiple maps to make them
> available in parallel in Mapsource
> - overview-mapname must be 8 digits otherwise Mapsource crashes. optional
> but nice to name the overview map same as map tiles. mkgmap default is to
> name 1st tile xxxxxxx1 ... and overview map xxxxxxx0
> - family-name, description are optional, not sure where this info is used,
> maybe on the device.
>
> tdbfile
> family-id=41
> family-name=OSM_xxxx
> series-name=OSM_xxxx
> description=OSM_routing_map
> overview-mapname=41000000
>
>

Very nice summary, I'll try it later.  What about pasting your info
directly to the mkgmap wiki?

Thanks,

Paul

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