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[mkgmap-dev] Overview map

From Nakor nakor.osm at gmail.com on Tue Aug 10 21:11:44 BST 2010

  On 7/26/2010 5:06 PM, Steve Ratcliffe wrote:
>> Sounds intriguing.  What precisely is the overview map for?
> It shows the whole area covered by a set of detailed maps.  It is
> needed by mapsource.
>
> We have always produced an overview map (its called osmmap.img by
> default), but it has been empty.  It should contain the sea polygons
> and main roads etc so that you can see the whole area when zoomed right
> out.
>

I have always wondered what was the osmmap.img for. BTW I do not think 
it is packaged if you use the --nsis option.

Thanks,

N.



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