[mkgmap-dev] Problem with osmconvert pbf files

Thu Jan 3 15:00:20 GMT 2013

Roger Calvert wrote
> pbf files generated by osmconvert.exe appear to be incompatible with
> mkgmap.
> 
>  >Error at line 1, col 1
>  >Bad file format: cumbria.pbf
>  >Error parsing file
> 
> Test sequence:
> 1. compile a pbf file generated by splitter - good
> 2. convert this file to osm with osmconvert.exe and compile - good
> 3. convert the osm file back to pbf with osmconvert.exe and compile -
> fails.
> 
> Comparison of the 'before' and 'after' pbf files with a hex editor shows 
> that they are very different (although they are the same at line 1 
> column 1). The 'after' file is about 230k smaller (in about 5M) than the 
> 'before' file.
> 
> I am using osmconvert version 0.7N and mkgmap 2353.
> 
> Has anyone else encountered this problem?

I can reproduce this problem with mkgmap when I rename a 
file from xyz.osm.pbf to xyz.pbf.

Gerd

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