[mkgmap-dev] How to use the index branch

Fri Jan 7 23:11:27 GMT 2011

Am 07.01.2011 23:53, schrieb Felix Hartmann:
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> On 07.01.2011 23:45, WanMil wrote:
>> Am 07.01.2011 23:25, schrieb Felix Hartmann:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 07.01.2011 22:52, WanMil wrote:
>>>> I tried to use the index branch but I don't know the little tricks to
>>>> get address search working in MapSource (and of course not on my
>>>> Garmin). Can someone please summarize (Steve, Felix) what I have to do
>>>> use it at least in MapSource? How do you test the index branch?
>>>>
>>>> What I've tried:
>>>> * Create a map from the index branch with compiling an nsis map
>>>> installer
>>>> * Run the mapinstaller exe
>>>> * Start MapSource
>>>> => The map is installed but Search => Search city is disabled.
>>>>
>>>> WanMil
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>>> Check the registry - you need to have the following entries (wow6432node
>>> is for x64 systems only):
>>>
>>> reg QUERY
>>> HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Garmin\MapSource\Families\FAMILY_6366 2>NUL
>>> >NUL
>>> if %errorlevel% EQU 0 reg DELETE
>>> HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Garmin\MapSource\Families\FAMILY_6366 /f
>>> reg ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Garmin\MapSource\Families\FAMILY_6366
>>> /v ID /t REG_BINARY /d DE18 /f 2>NUL >NUL
>>> reg ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Garmin\MapSource\Families\FAMILY_6366
>>> /v TYP /t REG_SZ /d "D:\Garmin\0mtb\mtbaustria1\6366trad.TYP" /f
>>> 2>NUL >NUL
>>> *reg ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Garmin\MapSource\Families\FAMILY_6366
>>> /v MDR /t REG_SZ /d "D:\Garmin\0mtb\mtbaustria1\mapset6366_mdr.img" /f
>>> 2>NUL >NUL
>>> reg ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Garmin\MapSource\Families\FAMILY_6366
>>> /v IDX /t REG_SZ /d "D:\Garmin\0mtb\mtbaustria1\mapset6366.mdx" /f 2>NUL
>>> >NUL *
>>> reg ADD
>>> HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Garmin\MapSource\Families\FAMILY_6366\1 /v Loc
>>> /t REG_SZ /d "D:\Garmin\0mtb\mtbaustria1\\" /f 2>NUL >NUL
>>> reg ADD
>>> HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Garmin\MapSource\Families\FAMILY_6366\1 /v
>>> Bmap /t REG_SZ /d "D:\Garmin\0mtb\mtbaustria1\mapset6366.img" /f
>>> 2>NUL >NUL
>>> reg ADD
>>> HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Garmin\MapSource\Families\FAMILY_6366\1 /v Tdb
>>> /t REG_SZ /d "D:\Garmin\0mtb\mtbaustria1\mapset6366.tdb" /f 2>NUL >NUL
>>> reg QUERY
>>> HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Garmin\MapSource\Families\FAMILY_6366\1 /v Tdb
>>> 2>NUL >NUL
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Important bits are mdx and mdr_img
>>> if they are missing, then find places is greyed out. I don't know if the
>>> nsi is including them by default, as I have a script to write the nsi
>>> seperately (to include more options like refinding and older
>>> installation path, or checking that Mapsource is closed when installing
>>> - else installation fails on the address search as the entries get
>>> blocked while Mapsource/Basecamp is running).
>>>
>>> Crazy thing is, if for one single map the address search is wrongly
>>> registered, other maps might fail to provide working address search in
>>> Mapsource (at least for 6.13 branch, I think 6.16 got it fixed).
>>>
>>> On trunk currently mdx files are broken since the cleanup. Will check
>>> out --index branch now.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I've checked that and I think the registry should be ok.
>> Maybe you can crosscheck that? I have attached two screenshots of the
>> registry keys.
>>
>> WanMil
>
> Yours look correct, except for the ID -- I don't think that your family
> is "0" - or if it is, then it might be the reason. Choose a value
> between 1000 and 9999 for the family instead.
> see my registry (dd 18 is 6365 reversed and then AA BB exchanged to BB AA)
>

Aaarrrghhhhh.....
You got it! I missed to set a family-id.

We should add a check if the family-id is set in case the index option 
is used. Another option is to set a family-id 9000 as default. What do 
you think?

Thanks!!
WanMil