[mkgmap-dev] Include external TYP-File with mkgmap?

Thu Mar 26 08:24:44 GMT 2009

Cool, I was looking for such a function as well :-)

Is there somewhere documentation explaining the (functional) differences 
between family and product id's and the best way to use them?

Steve Ratcliffe wrote:
> Hi
> 
> On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 11:47:51PM +0100, Johann Gail wrote:
>> I would like to include a TYP file in my gmapsupp.img. I know that it is  
>> possible e.g. with sendmap. Is it possible (or at least planned in  
>> future) to include a typ file directly with mkgmap?
> 
> Yes it works fine already with a couple of details you have to take care of.
> 
> First, each TYP file has a family id and you need to know that.
> 
> All you then have to do is add the TYP file to the list of files (making sure
> that the .TYP is in upper-case) and give the correct --family-id argument.
> 
> Something like this:
> 
>  mkgmap ... --family-id=909 file.osm file.img FILE.TYP
> 
> with 909 replaced by the family id of the TYP file.
> 
> This could be improved by dealing with lower case names and by changing the
> family-id in the TYP when it is copied into the gmapsupp.img.
> 
> ..Steve
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