[mkgmap-dev] Black background on Etrex 30

Wed Apr 11 08:18:24 BST 2012

One user of my maps reports that his Etrex 30 displays Spain topo map 
[1] with a black background instead of white as it should be according 
to the TYP. Could someone with an Etrex 30 test the map and confirm that 
behavior? May it be another peculiarity of this model?
Map is generated with the following commands:
*OSM base map:
mkgmap.jar --output-dir=../mapas/españa --max-jobs 
--generate-sea=multipolygon,extend-sea-sectors --route --latin1 
--code-page=1252 --tdbfile --country-name=ESPAÑA --country-abbr=ESP 
--area-name=España --family-name="OpenStreetMap España" --family-id=14 
--product-id=1 --series-name="OSM-España" --overview-mapname=55140000 
--overview-mapnumber=55140000 --index --road-name-pois=0x640a 
--ignore-maxspeeds --remove-short-arcs --merge-lines --add-pois-to-areas 
--adjust-turn-headings --report-similar-arcs --link-pois-to-ways 
--location-autofill=bounds,is_in --drive-on-right --check-roundabouts 
--check-roundabout-flares --style=mio -c spain.args
*Contour tiles:
mkgmap.jar --output-dir=../mapas/curvas/ --family-id=214 --product-id=1 
--family-name="Curvas nivel España" --series-name="SRTM España" 
--tdbfile --overview-mapname=65140000 --transparent --draw-priority=28 
--code-page=1252 --latin1 6514*.pbf
*Join OSM+contours:
mkgmap.jar --family-id=114 --product-id=1 --family-name="Curvas nivel 
España" 651400*.img --show-profiles=1 --gmapsupp --code-page=1252 
--latin1 --series-name="OSM+SRTM España" --family-id=314 --product-id=1 
--family-name="OpenStreetMap España" 
--description="OpenStreetMap-España" --area-name="España" --index 
--overview-mapname=65140000 5514*.img ESP-314.TYP
[1] http://mapas.alternativaslibres.es/gmapsupp_spain_srtm.zip