On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 8:00 PM, Helge Hafting <[email protected]> wrote: > Risto H. Kurppa wrote: > >> >> I think you got me wrong: yes, I know that it can download new tiles, >> but if you already have downloaded the tiles of some area and then >> after some months you'd like to get the latest map tiles (=dowload the >> latest, changed tiles), does the 'download tool' do it or does it see >> that the tiles are already there and will not download anything. > > The 'download tool' download the tiles so that you get the newest ones > even if you had some old outdated tiles there. I don't know if it > downloads _every_ tile blindly, or only those that changed since last > time. But all tiles within the visible region, down to the configured > zoom limit will be new up-to-date tiles once the download finishes. > Assuming there are no network errors/timeouts - that can leave old tiles > or even blank areas. > > Also, if you have old tiles down to a deep zoom level, then the > innermost ones aren't updated unless you specify sufficient depth. The > yaouh tool is better, in that it updates every outdated tile regardless > of zoom level.
Ah, okay, thanks for this information , didn't know Tangogps can also update. Put yes, I prefer yaouh (or even better the desktop-perl -script. Will try it soon) r -- | risto h. kurppa | risto at kurppa dot fi | http://risto.kurppa.fi _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
