[mkgmap-dev] Opening gmapsupp.img with Basecamp?

Thu Mar 17 20:24:08 GMT 2011


On 17.03.2011 20:09, Andy Allan wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I've been experimenting with Garmin BaseCamp opening gmapsupp.img
> files that I create. It works fine for some files (even getting the
> .TYP styling correct) but not for others. After a few hours of testing
> it seems that it'll open gmapsupp.img files created from 1-20 .osm
> files but not 30+ .osm files. I'm not certain yet if it's the exact
> number of files, or the combined size that triggers the failure.
>
> Does anyone have any experience with this? or know if there's a
> particular limit? Anyone been able to generate gmapsupp.img covering
> (say) the whole UK and get them to open with BaseCamp?
Have you tried if there is a difference whether the gmapsupp got created 
by mkgmap, sendmap or Basecamp/Mapsource??
Maybe mkgmap makes some mistakes when creating the gmapsupp, and on big 
files it doesn't work. Note however that in any case a map like whole UK 
will take quite some time to import to Basecamp (and lots of RAM).
> I'm willing to do more troubleshooting if that'll help.
>
> Cheers,
> Andy
>
> Using mkgmap-r1867
> Files split with splitter.jar --max-nodes=900000
>
> java -Xmx3000M -jar ../../mkgmap-r1867/mkgmap.jar \
>   --family-name="OSM" \
>   --series-name="OSM" \
>   --family-id=88 \
>   --product-id=77 \
>   --gmapsupp \
>   --country-abbr="GBR" \
>   --route --net --remove-short-arcs \
>   --style-file=../../mkgmap-r1867/resources/styles/cyclemap \
>   /home/andy/uk/533300[123]*.osm.gz \
>   ../M0000058.TYP
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