[mkgmap-dev] how-to in using mkgmap

Tue Mar 10 05:00:50 GMT 2009

Did some  trials to find a working combination. these options worked  
for me. I use MapsetToolkit to install/uninstall maps for Mapsource.

tile splitter --mapid=41000001
mapid must be a 8 digit number, last digit should be 1, multiple tiles  
will be numbered with increasing numbers,
mkgmap will then use the same number for .img files

mkgmap options to use maps in Mapsource, don't use other options like  
mapname, product-id ....
- series-name should be set to identify multiple maps in Mapsource  
when selecting them. If not used all maps are name "OSM Map"
- family-id must be set to different values for multiple maps to make  
them available in parallel in Mapsource
- overview-mapname must be 8 digits otherwise Mapsource crashes.  
optional but nice to name the overview map same as map tiles. mkgmap  
default is to name 1st tile xxxxxxx1 ... and overview map xxxxxxx0
- family-name, description are optional, not sure where this info is  
used, maybe on the device.

tdbfile
family-id=41
family-name=OSM_xxxx
series-name=OSM_xxxx
description=OSM_routing_map
overview-mapname=41000000

On 7 Mar 2009, at 6:57 , Paul Ortyl wrote:

> Hi,
>
> staying on the topic of how-to I have another question, for which I
> have not found any working (form me) example.  That is, what
> map/product IDs and/or other options must be passed to splitter and
> mkgmap to allow many parallel OSM maps within MapSource/Garmin.  I
> would like to see somewhere on documentation or how-to document an
> EXAMPLE for generating two maps which may be seen within MapSource.  I
> suppose, that is is as simple as using different MapIDs, but it still
> did not work for me.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Paul
>
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