[mkgmap-dev] Maps are corrupt when using --code-page=65001 [Zumo XT]

Thu Jun 11 17:59:20 BST 2020

Atch! Got it... it's a real pity :(

On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 11:37 AM Felix Hartmann <extremecarver at gmail.com>
wrote:

> All garmin devices sold first since 2016 block free unicode maps. So it's
> not the maps by mkgmap are corrupt - but garmins copyright protection is
> wrong. Usually the message was better however saying maps cannot be
> unlocked (but haven't been locked from the start of course)
>
> On Thu, 11 Jun 2020 at 07:02, Gerd Petermann <
> gpetermann_muenchen at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Enrico,
>>
>> you may try to install the map via Basecamp/Mapinstaller. I would not be
>> surprised to find that Garmin reduces the support for the old format. It
>> may even happen without intention.
>>
>> Gerd
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> Von: mkgmap-dev <mkgmap-dev-bounces at lists.mkgmap.org.uk> im Auftrag von
>> Enrico Liboni <eliboni at gmail.com>
>> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 10. Juni 2020 11:07
>> An: Development list for mkgmap
>> Betreff: Re: [mkgmap-dev] Maps are corrupt when using --code-page=65001
>> [Zumo XT]
>>
>> Gerd,
>>  the Zumo XT is the latest Garmin product and it supports NTU maps - so,
>> yes I suppose unicode is fully supported. Is there a way for me to
>> double-check that?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> From Gerd Petermann gpetermann_muenchen at hotmail.com <mailto:
>> mkgmap-dev%40lists.mkgmap.org.uk
>> ?Subject=Re:%20Re%3A%20%5Bmkgmap-dev%5D%20Maps%20are%20corrupt%20when%20using%20--code-page%3D65001%0A%20%5BZumo%20XT%5D&In-Reply-To=%3CAM0PR08MB54105BC52C8897DC2BB8FF879E830%
>> 40AM0PR08MB5410.eurprd08.prod.outlook.com%3E> on Wed Jun 10 07:37:29 BST
>> 2020
>>
>> Hi Enrico,
>>
>> are you sure that the device supports unicode maps? Note the last
>> sentence in the description of the code-page option:
>> --code-page=number
>>     Specify which international character set is to be used. Only 8 bit
>>     character sets are supported so you have to specify which code page
>> you
>>     want to use. It is entirely dependent on the device firmware which
>> code
>>     pages are supported.
>>
>> Gerd
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 12:21 AM Enrico Liboni <eliboni at gmail.com<mailto:
>> eliboni at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> On my shining new Garmin Zumo XT I can't seem to be able to build unicode
>> maps, when I start the device I get "Maps are corrupts and connot be used."
>>
>> I'm using the latest and greatest mkgmap r4525, fresh pbf from geofabrik
>> -  to reproduce:
>>
>> wget http://download.geofabrik.de/europe/malta-latest.osm.pbf
>> java -jar ./mkgmap.jar --code-page=65001  \
>>  --family-id=10030 --product-id=1 --route --bounds=bounds.zip \
>>  --precomp-sea=sea.zip --gmapsupp   ./malta-latest.osm.pbf
>>
>> Anything I can try? --code-page=1252 works as a charm
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Enrico
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>
>
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