[mkgmap-dev] splitter maximum tile size

Tue Dec 4 09:17:01 GMT 2012

> Hi WanMil,
>
> WanMil wrote
>> So splitter could use a max limit of 179° for lat and lon but I don't
>> know if that makes sense at all.
>
> why not? It already turned out that a maximum tile size is a good way
> to avoid the situation that Thorsten has described for his USA extract.
>
> I'll code these limits and we'll see.
>
> Gerd
>

What happens with a tile that has a 179 longitude or latitude?
mkgmap compiles it only if
* --transparent is set
* --bounds is not set
* --precomp-sea and/or --generate-sea and/or --coastlinefile is not set

So it is more a theoretical max limit. I guess for most cases one of the 
above rules will not be fulfilled and mkgmap will fail to compile it 
because the maximum tile size will exceed or mkgmap gets memory problems.

WanMil