[mkgmap-dev] Splitter r95 - improved command line handling, tile naming based on location

Sun Sep 20 11:27:11 BST 2009

Hi Chris,

> Ah yeah, it's not very clever I'm afraid, that looks like a bug :(  I'll 
> fix it later this afternoon, but in the meantime it looks like you'll have 
> to put the zip file in the current directory (or hack the code yourself).

No problem.

> Another thing, I'd recommend against using anything other than the cities*.zip 
> files for now. I don't currently take into account the record type in the 
> file, so I'm not sure what'll happen if the file contains anything other 
> than city entries. It's on the todo list!

Ooops, silly me. I just grabbed the first file that looked interesting.
I should have read your email more carefully.

So, I have just split the GB (with cities1000.zip) and I get:

mapname: 63240001
description: GB-Plymouth
input-file: 63240001.osm.gz

mapname: 63240002
description: GB-Bristol
input-file: 63240002.osm.gz

mapname: 63240003
description: GB-Cardiff
input-file: 63240003.osm.gz

mapname: 63240004
description: GB-Swindon
input-file: 63240004.osm.gz

mapname: 63240005
description: GB-Birmingham
input-file: 63240005.osm.gz

mapname: 63240006
description: GB-Portsmouth
input-file: 63240006.osm.gz

mapname: 63240007
description: GB-Reading
input-file: 63240007.osm.gz

mapname: 63240008
description: GB-London
input-file: 63240008.osm.gz

mapname: 63240009
description: GB-Southend-on-Sea
input-file: 63240009.osm.gz

mapname: 63240010
description: GB-Luton
input-file: 63240010.osm.gz

mapname: 63240011
description: GB-Leicester
input-file: 63240011.osm.gz

mapname: 63240012
description: GB-Cambridge
input-file: 63240012.osm.gz

mapname: 63240013
description: GB-Norwich
input-file: 63240013.osm.gz

mapname: 63240014
description: GB-Blackpool
input-file: 63240014.osm.gz

mapname: 63240015
description: GB-Stoke-on-Trent
input-file: 63240015.osm.gz

mapname: 63240016
description: GB-Liverpool
input-file: 63240016.osm.gz

mapname: 63240017
description: GB-Sheffield
input-file: 63240017.osm.gz

mapname: 63240018
description: GB-Leeds
input-file: 63240018.osm.gz

mapname: 63240019
description: GB-Kingston upon Hull
input-file: 63240019.osm.gz

mapname: 63240020
description: GB-Glasgow
input-file: 63240020.osm.gz

mapname: 63240021
description: GB-Newcastle upon Tyne
input-file: 63240021.osm.gz

mapname: 63240022
description: GB-Aberdeen
input-file: 63240022.osm.gz

That's great.

Many thanks for the new capability.

Cheers,

Mark