[mkgmap-dev] How to solve/debug weird problem

Mon Jan 17 21:45:19 GMT 2011

Marko Mäkelä <marko.makela at iki.fi> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 09:01:38PM +0100, Johannes Formann wrote:
> >Just downloaded new data from geofabrik
> >http://download.geofabrik.de/osm/europe/germany.osm.bz2 and run mkgmap
> >only with your debug patch, got an exception again.
> 
> How exactly did you invoke mkgmap? 

>From an ant-File (http://pastebin.com/mHGKt7fp ).
Used Parameters:
'--max-jobs=1'
'--style-file=radkarte'
'--overview-mapnumber=59420000'
'--overview-mapname=59420000'
'--series-name=OSM_Radkarte'
'--product-id=1'
'--family-id=5942'
'--family-name=OSM Radkarte 17.01.2011'
'--country-name=Deutschland'
'--country-abbr=DE'
'--latin1'
'--code-page=1252'
'--add-pois-to-areas'
'--adjust-turn-headings'
'--drive-on-right'
'--check-roundabouts'
'--ignore-maxspeeds'
'--ignore-turn-restrictions'
'--location-autofill=1'
'--preserve-element-order'
'--remove-short-arcs=3.3'
'--road-name-pois'
'--show-profiles=1'
'--net'
'--route'
'--gmapsupp'
'--tdbfile'
'--index'
'--nsis'

> Did you split the Germany extract 
> first? If so, with which exact commands? Which software versions did you use?

The spliter in revision 161.
exact command options (for java)
'-Xms256m'
'-Xmx2560m'
'-jar'
'splitter.jar'
'--resolution=14'
'--mapid=59420001'
'--max-nodes=1200000'
'--max-threads=1'
'--overlap=4000'
'--write-kml=areas.kml'
'--cache=/home/osm/build/cache'
'--geonames-file=/home/osm/radkarte/cities1000.zip'
'/home/osm/build/germany.osm.bz2'
'/home/osm/radkarte/contourdata.osm.gz'

The full output from the whole build process is copied to a logfile:
http://pastebin.com/jUQpzvYz

> >> If it is a mkgmap bug then we will need more information.  Does it
> >> happen with unpatched mkgmap? With just the basic options?
> >
> >What are "basic" options?
> 
> You can find a rather basic set of options in my scripts at 
> http://www.polkupyoraily.net/osm/. Of those options, I would consider
> generate-sea fancy.

Ok, I'll try a run with reduced options tomorrow.

greetings

Johannes 