[mkgmap-dev] Splitter insists on the "right" filename when processing pbf data

Mon Sep 19 16:53:02 BST 2011

Hello,

splitting data in pbf format only works if the filename ends with
.osm.pbf.

When I am trying to split a file named 'data.pbf', the splitter says

------------------------------------------------
Processing data.pbf
org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException: only whitespace content allowed
before start tag and not \u0 (position: START_DOCUMENT seen \u0... at 1:1)
        at org.xmlpull.mxp1.MXParser.parseProlog(MXParser.java:1519)
        at org.xmlpull.mxp1.MXParser.nextImpl(MXParser.java:1395)
        at org.xmlpull.mxp1.MXParser.next(MXParser.java:1093)

atuk.me.parabola.splitter.AbstractXppParser.parse(AbstractXppParser.java
:62)
        at uk.me.parabola.splitter.Main.processMap(Main.java:412)
        at uk.me.parabola.splitter.Main.calculateAreas(Main.java:287)
        at uk.me.parabola.splitter.Main.split(Main.java:163)
        at uk.me.parabola.splitter.Main.start(Main.java:118)
        at uk.me.parabola.splitter.Main.main(Main.java:107)
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After renaming the file to data.osm.pbf, it works.

Is this intended? Why is the .osm part needed?

Thanks,

Michael