[mkgmap-dev] 'Not Near Any Road' Error Message

Sat Sep 25 19:23:38 BST 2010

  On 25.09.2010 19:56, Marko Mäkelä wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 08:34:17AM -0700, Mr Thwibble wrote:
>> The map renders fine on the gps, but whenever I try to route anywhere
>> (including to a destination within the tile in which I'm originating)
>> the route computation fails at about 2% and complains that I'm not near
>> a road.  I'm using:
>>
>> java -jar ./mkgmap/mkgmap.jar ./midab.osm ./southab.osm --gmapsupp --route
> Did it previously succeed with exactly the same data, or could it be
> that the map data has grown so much that you are hitting some limitation
> of the Garmin format or the Garmin implementation of interpreting the
> format?
>
> Have you tried to enable logging? Have you tried to compile the same map
> with a older versions of mkgmap? Do you have a rough idea how old the
> mkgmap was that you were using previously?
>
> Best regards,
>
> 	Marko
> _______________________________________________
> mkgmap-dev mailing list
> mkgmap-dev at lists.mkgmap.org.uk
> http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/mkgmap-dev
I'm 100% sure the above problem is related to a fix somewhere else than 
the maps. Build a map of where you are, go outside and wait for a fix, 
and redo. I'm sure you're not understanding your GPS and how it works at 
all.