[mkgmap-dev] splitter, mapid

Mon Dec 17 18:43:15 GMT 2018

Hi Brad,

I think you should start with the sources in splitter\doc
You can get the source package from http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/download/splitter.html
or via svn with
svn co https://svn.mkgmap.org.uk/svn/splitter

Gerd

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Von: brad <bradhaack at fastmail.com>
Gesendet: Montag, 17. Dezember 2018 17:59
An: Gerd Petermann; Development list for mkgmap
Betreff: Re: AW: [mkgmap-dev] splitter, mapid

I'd be happy to take a stab at updating some docs.    It looks like the
docs are the same on mkgmap.org and wiki.openstreetmap.org. Do the
changes on mkgmap.org flow to OSM, or the other way? Should I post
updates here?

http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/doc/splitter.html

On 12/16/18 11:57 PM, Gerd Petermann wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've never tried it, but my understanding was that you can have the same tile (mapid) in two different gmapsupp files.
> E.g. you might create a tile containing an area around Hamburg and put that tile into a gmapsupp for Germany as well as another
> one for Lower Saxony.
> If that is right it would explain why you have to make sure that the content of two tiles with the same id doesn't differ.
>
> @Brad: I think the current documentation about the meaning of all those names and ids is not perfect because the authors of mkgmap
> were still learning when the docu was created, and it's an ongoing process ;-)
> Feel free to improve the docu (post a patch or maybe a new version of one or more files).
>
> Gerd
>
> ________________________________________
> Von: mkgmap-dev <mkgmap-dev-bounces at lists.mkgmap.org.uk> im Auftrag von brad <bradhaack at fastmail.com>
> Gesendet: Montag, 17. Dezember 2018 01:47
> An: mkgmap-dev at lists.mkgmap.org.uk
> Betreff: [mkgmap-dev] splitter, mapid
>
> One thing I think I missed, is that each tile on a garmin device needs a
> unique mapid.   A different family-id and mapname for each gmap is not
> sufficient.   Does this sound correct?
>
> I'd been downloading US states from Geofabrik, creating maps with unique
> family-id, mapname, every name & id that seemed important, (with
> mkgmap)  but when I put them on the Garmin they all wouldn't show up.
> Only when I went back to the splitter step & used a different mapid did
> they all show up.
>
> Sometimes I'm not too good at reading directions,  did I overlook this
> someplace?
>
> Brad
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