steve, the resources/help/en/options file states that the --tdbfile makes mkgmap write a .tdb file. but i always got a .tdb file, even though i never used this option. is this option only necessary when one merges .img files, and superfluous when processing .osm files?
On 09-08-27 08:33:29 CEST, Carsten Schwede wrote: > > and which files to load (or import?), single tile .img (from mkgmap), > > gmapsupp.img or the .tdb from mkgmap, or the gmapsupp.img from gmt > > (as the linux gmaptool is named). > > In QLandkarteGT you can import whole mapsets including tdb and overview > img- tile. If you have only some img tiles, you must first create a tdb > and a overview map for proper loading this maps. > > (java -jar mkgmap.jar --tdbfile *.img) carsten, thank you for your hints regarding qlandkarte! once i got over this initial hurdle, qlandkartegt started making fun. i might even use it to geotiff some scans of paper maps (as long the islands i'm gonna visit the next weeks are flooded on the garmin :-) best, rj _______________________________________________ mkgmap-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/mkgmap-dev
