[mkgmap-dev] Splitter feature request - clip to overall bounding box

Sat Jan 16 12:41:07 GMT 2010

Hi Mark,

I'm curious as to why you want this. I added the tile trimming as a feature 
back in September as a result of a suggestion from Steve and I wasn't aware 
there was any downside to it:

http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/pipermail/mkgmap-dev/2009q3/004080.html  (note the 
first link no longer works)

Chris

MB> Back in the Baltic...
MB> 
MB> When I split my map, the outside edge is ragged, i.e. the tiles that
MB> reach the edge of the overall map don't finish at the same lat/lon.
MB> So having split the map, I then have to manually edit the kml file
MB> and tweak the coordinates for the outside edges to make them neat
MB> and tidy.
MB> 
MB> Is it possible for the splitter to be told an overall bounding box
MB> for the map and make the outside edge match that (with rounding as
MB> required)? That would be a great time saver for me.
MB> 
MB> Cheers,
MB> 
MB> Mark