[mkgmap-dev] Maps crashing Mapsource in big cities

Fri Feb 12 14:15:14 GMT 2010

Hello Lambertus,

> The same problem about crashing MapSource and RoadTrip has also been 
> reported for my maps (e.g. eastern Australia, north and south of 
> Brisbane). The mapbuilding script tries to make those maps as large as 
> possible. Perhaps related is that I  upped the max-nodes from 1.400.000 
> to 1.600.000 for the current map version.
> 
> I'll reduce the max-nodes for the next update but, ideally, Mkgmap 
> should complain and quit if there is too much information in the source 
> data (This is certainly no complaint, ofcourse I know this all depends 
> on the understanding of the Garmin format).

OK - you tell us what the limit is and we'll make sure that mkgmap
gripes if you bust the limit.

Seriously, if you can provide any info as what works and what doesn't
in terms of maps sizes, numbers of lines, polys, nodes, etc. that would
be useful and we can code accordingly.

Cheers,

Mark