[mkgmap-dev] Commit: r1576: There seems to be a way to show elevation profiles

Sat Feb 20 20:40:24 GMT 2010

Am 20.02.2010 11:06, schrieb Minko:
> Hi,
> I use the standard Garmin types for contour lines, 0x20, 0x21 and 0x22
>
> I created the contour lines with Srtm2Osm, split srtm.osm data with the same
> tile area bounds as my map. Now I have two img's of the same area,
> one with osm data, one with contour lines.
> E.g. 10010001.img and 10010101.img
>
> The contour tile is transparent so I can see the contours on top of the map
> in Mapsource.
>
> Is it possible to merge those two layers into one tile and still keep the routing?
> How can I merge the two 10010001.osm with 10010101.osm or 10010001.img with 10010101.img?
>
I use osmosis to merge srtm data with osm:
java -jar osmosis.jar --rx srtm.osm --rx 63240001.osm --merge --wx 
combined.osm

> Will it be possible to show the elevation profile with this approach?
>
> Cheers,
> Minko
>
> Ronny Klier wrote:
> This will not work. I got the same problem in different versions of
> MapSource. May be there should be an explicit warning in "show-profiles"
> option help.
>>
>> If I make one mapset with only contour lines, I see an emtpy profile.
>>
> This works fine for me (in 6.15.11).
> Did you use the standard Garmin types for elevation(0x20-0x21)?