[mkgmap-dev] Unable to send maps with MapSource

Thu Oct 22 17:43:50 BST 2009

On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 1:24 PM, Steve Ratcliffe <steve at parabola.me.uk> wrote:

>>> If an individual map has more than 16 regions then the transfer fails
>>> for that file.  It doesn't appear to make any difference if there are
>>> other maps selected or not.  I modified mkgmap to limit to 16 regions
>>> per file, and have a complete map of Germany that appears to work.
[...]
> I had backed it out, but I've just re-created the patch I hope, which is
> attached.
>
> Oh, I suppose I should confess that I've only checked that it
> transfers from MapSource without crashing.  I've not actually looked
> at the map on a GPS unit ;)

I tried out the patch, and was able to successfully transfer a map of
Germany to my GPS using mapsource. I tried it out, briefly, and can
confirm that it appears to work as expected. I will do more testing
later.

Cheers