[mkgmap-dev] DEM Noddy Guide

Tue Jan 9 10:05:50 GMT 2018

Hi Gerd

Oops !

sorry my mistake ; you are absolutely right.

Does the dem option provide an error msg when it can't find a hgt file?

r

Nick

On 09/01/2018 10:01, Gerd Petermann wrote:
> hi Nick,
>
> now I am confused. The attached zip contains a dem.args that contains an empty dem option.
> Do you keep the *.hgt files in the working directory?
> Or maybe you generate the file ?
>
> Gerd
>
> ________________________________________
> Von: mkgmap-dev <mkgmap-dev-bounces at lists.mkgmap.org.uk> im Auftrag von osm at pinns <osm at pinns.co.uk>
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 9. Januar 2018 10:45:41
> An: mkgmap-dev at lists.mkgmap.org.uk
> Betreff: Re: [mkgmap-dev] DEM Noddy Guide
>
> Hi Gerd
>
> Run file:
>
> java -Xmx1024m -ea -jar F:\vb6\A_MAPU~1\mkgmaps\MKA1FF~1\mkgmap.jar
> --mapname=41061037 --family-id=993 F:\vb6\A_MAPU~1\TOPO_6~1.TYP
> --series-name="map3" --family-name="map3" --overview-mapname="map3"
> --remove-short-arcs --style-file=F:\vb6\A_MAPU~1\styles
> --style="default" --keep-going --check-roundabouts --drive-on=right
> --output-dir=F:\vb6\A_MAPU~1\temp --transparent --index --route --nsis
> --add-pois-to-areas --add-pois-to-lines --merge-lines
> --name-tag-list=int_name,name --location-autofill=is_in,nearest
> --housenumbers --tdbfile --draw-priority=10 -c
> F:\vb6\A_MAPU~1\args\DEM~1.ARG -c F:\vb6\A_MAPU~1\args\TEMPLA~2.ARG
>
> Attached are the args
>
> On 09/01/2018 09:34, osm at pinns wrote:
>> Hi Gerd
>>
>> Bear with me
>>
>> Nick
>>
>>
>> On 09/01/2018 09:29, Gerd Petermann wrote:
>>> Hi Nick,
>>>
>>> seems that something goes wrong with the dem option, it seems to
>>> contain only a blank.
>>> No idea what goes wrong, maybe you have repeated the option --dem
>>> somewhere?
>>> Please post the full command.
>>>
>>> Gerd
>>>
>>> ________________________________________
>>> Von: mkgmap-dev <mkgmap-dev-bounces at lists.mkgmap.org.uk> im Auftrag
>>> von osm at pinns <osm at pinns.co.uk>
>>> Gesendet: Dienstag, 9. Januar 2018 10:22:28
>>> An: mkgmap-dev at lists.mkgmap.org.uk
>>> Betreff: Re: [mkgmap-dev] DEM Noddy Guide
>>>
>>> Hi Gerd
>>>
>>> I now get
>>>
>>>
>>> SEVERE (HGTReader): F:\garmin\maps\ukraine\12345700.osm.pbf:
>>> extracted path >< does not exist, check
>>> Number of MapFailedExceptions: 0
>>> Number of ExitExceptions: 0
>>> Time finished: Tue Jan 09 09:21:10 GMT 2018
>>> Total time taken: 20273ms
>>>
>>>      .
>>>
>>>
>>> On 09/01/2018 09:13, Gerd Petermann wrote:
>>>> Hi Nick,
>>>>
>>>> yes, the message looks that strange because the variable "dir" is
>>>> empty or maybe contains a blank when this code is executed:
>>>> File f = new File (dir);
>>>> if (!f.exists())  log.error(dir, "does not exist");
>>>>
>>>> The file name for the *.pbf is added by the logging method, because
>>>> the dem option is parsed for each osm input file.
>>>> With r4039 I've changed the code for the error message to this:
>>>> log.error("extracted path >" + dir + "< does not exist, check",
>>>> dirsWithHGT);
>>>>
>>>> Please try to reproduce the error with r4039 and let me know what it
>>>> reports now.
>>>>
>>>> Gerd
>>>>
>>>> ________________________________________
>>>> Von: mkgmap-dev <mkgmap-dev-bounces at lists.mkgmap.org.uk> im Auftrag
>>>> von osm at pinns <osm at pinns.co.uk>
>>>> Gesendet: Dienstag, 9. Januar 2018 09:57:49
>>>> An: mkgmap-dev at lists.mkgmap.org.uk
>>>> Betreff: Re: [mkgmap-dev] DEM Noddy Guide
>>>>
>>>> Hi Gerd
>>>>
>>>> I'm merely questioning the phrasing of the message -, ie it wasn't the
>>>> pdf that was causing the problem as the msg implied.
>>>>
>>>> Nick
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 09/01/2018 08:51, Gerd Petermann wrote:
>>>>> Hi Nick,
>>>>>
>>>>> I cannot reproduce that message without using a wrong option like
>>>>> dem=path1,,path2
>>>>> (extra comma)
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyhow, I try to improve the message.
>>>>>
>>>>> Gerd
>>>>>
>>>>> ________________________________________
>>>>> Von: mkgmap-dev <mkgmap-dev-bounces at lists.mkgmap.org.uk> im Auftrag
>>>>> von osm at pinns <osm at pinns.co.uk>
>>>>> Gesendet: Dienstag, 9. Januar 2018 09:40:23
>>>>> An: mkgmap-dev at lists.mkgmap.org.uk
>>>>> Betreff: Re: [mkgmap-dev] DEM Noddy Guide
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Gerd
>>>>>
>>>>> I used
>>>>>
>>>>> dem=e:\dem\europe\
>>>>> overview-dem-dist=88888
>>>>> dem-dists=3312,13248,26512,53024
>>>>> dem-poly=F:\garmin\ukraine\areas.poly
>>>>>
>>>>> when I added the required .hgt files it worked OK
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 09/01/2018 08:20, Gerd Petermann wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On 09/01/2018 08:20, Gerd Petermann wrote:
>>>>>> Hi Nick,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think this message may appear if you have blanks in the option
>>>>>> --dem. What exactly do you use?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Gerd
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ________________________________________
>>>>>> Von: mkgmap-dev <mkgmap-dev-bounces at lists.mkgmap.org.uk> im
>>>>>> Auftrag von osm at pinns <osm at pinns.co.uk>
>>>>>> Gesendet: Dienstag, 9. Januar 2018 09:14:14
>>>>>> An: mkgmap-dev at lists.mkgmap.org.uk
>>>>>> Betreff: Re: [mkgmap-dev] DEM Noddy Guide
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Gerd,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Just come across a misleading error message:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> SEVERE (HGTReader): F:\garmin\maps\ukraine\12345700.osm.pbf:
>>>>>>        does not exist
>>>>>> Number of MapFailedExceptions: 0
>>>>>> Number of ExitExceptions: 0
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The pbf existed, as it produced the map with out DEM !
>>>>>>
>>>>>> However,some of the .hgt files were missing which caused the error.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Just a minor point
>>>>>>
>>>>>> r
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Nick
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 09/01/2018 06:09, Gerd Petermann wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I did not note this before, but there is probably a typo in this
>>>>>>> description:
>>>>>>> overview-dem-dist=888888 is far too high, I assume Arndt meant
>>>>>>> 88888.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Besides that I think there is need to use --dem-poly in
>>>>>>> combination with the poly file created by splitter.
>>>>>>> This poly file just describes the outer boundaries of the tiles,
>>>>>>> and mkgmap calculates this polygon anyway.
>>>>>>> The --dem-poly can be used with the rather complex *.poly files
>>>>>>> from geofabrik. I've tested with bolivia.poly which has 1176 nodes
>>>>>>> and the additional tests for the polygon bounds did not take
>>>>>>> long. Still, you may want to draw your own simpler poly files
>>>>>>> because those from
>>>>>>> geofabrik are rather close to country borders.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Gerd
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ________________________________________
>>>>>>> Von: mkgmap-dev <mkgmap-dev-bounces at lists.mkgmap.org.uk> im
>>>>>>> Auftrag von Arndt Röhrig <arndt at speichenkarte.de>
>>>>>>> Gesendet: Freitag, 5. Januar 2018 21:41:57
>>>>>>> An: Development list for mkgmap
>>>>>>> Betreff: Re: [mkgmap-dev] DEM Noddy Guide
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Mike,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> it´s simple:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> - Download hgt files )*
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> - give mkgmap the option x-dem=path to the hgt files
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> - x-dem-dists=3314,4000,6000,8000,10000,15000 (maybe other values
>>>>>>> are better)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 1 value for each level (options file: exampel levels = 0:24,
>>>>>>> 1:23, 2:22, 3:21, 4:20, 5:19)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> - x-overview-dem-dist=888888 writes DEM to the overviewmap (maybe
>>>>>>> other value is better)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> - x-dem-poly=path to a poly file  for example areas.poly from
>>>>>>> splitter result.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That´s all.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> )* hgt files are downloadable here:
>>>>>>> http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/dem3.html
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I use phyghtmap to create SRTM contourlines as .pbf. the program
>>>>>>> download hgt files from viewfinderpanoramas to build the pbfs.
>>>>>>> After that you find a folder hgt on your pc with hgt files inside.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://katze.tfiu.de/projects/phyghtmap/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Greetings
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Arndt
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Mike Baggaley hat am 5. Januar 2018 um 21:19 geschrieben:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've been following the discussions of DEM with interest, but
>>>>>>> have so far
>>>>>>> not attempted to create a map including this. Is there a guide to
>>>>>>> the steps
>>>>>>> involved in producing the DEM data? I have contour data in OSM
>>>>>>> format - is
>>>>>>> there a simple way to get this into a suitable input format (or
>>>>>>> is there a
>>>>>>> specification of the input format available, so I can knock up
>>>>>>> something to
>>>>>>> convert it)? I'm assuming that the height data contains the same
>>>>>>> information
>>>>>>> as contour data but in a different format.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> Mike
>>>>>>>
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