On 21/02/2011 11:42, Felix Hartmann wrote: > > > On 21.02.2011 07:09, Charlie Ferrero wrote: >> On 21/01/2011 18:17, Felix Hartmann wrote: >>> >>> On 21.01.2011 15:12, [email protected] wrote: >>>> Minko ([email protected]) wrote: >>>> >>>> [snip] >>>>> Note that I don't put the line "mapname: 10010101.img" >>>>> in the line above with "description: contourmap" >>>>> because this causes that the contours dont show up in Mapsource. >>>>> If I leave mapname etc out, it shows the contourlines. >>>>> >>>> No way! Is this why I can't get contour lines to display in MapSource >>>> (even though I know they're there because I can see the contour >>>> elevation labels)??? I'd given up on ever getting contours to work >>>> properly in MapSource. Prize for obscurest workaround of the year so >>>> far if this works. ;) >>>> >>>> >>> Highly off topic: >>> 1. Check: Countourlines have to have exactly the same resolution as >>> normal maps (if normal maps 24,22,20,18 countourline maps have to be >>> 24,22,20 (you can skip the 18) - if normal maps are 24,23,22,21,20 then >>> well, your contourline maps need to be also 24,23,22,21,20 - as soon as >>> you leave out a resolution they won't be displayed anymore) >>> 2. Contourline maps have to have higher mapname. >>> >>> --- both is irrelevant if you use basecamp or on GPS, which always shows >>> contourlines if inside same tdb. Problem is 1, in general contourlines >>> work better if you have 23,21,20 as levels on GPS or for Qlandkarte GT. >>> DEM3 data, is not good enough resolution to justify the 2x space / >>> render requirements of res 23.) >>> >> Hmmm - tried this and it still doesn't work. My contour style has >> exactly the same levels as the base style, and the mapnames are higher. >> All I can see is the contour labels, but not the contours themselves >> (see http://cferrero.net/maps/img/mkgmapdev_contourissue.png). If I >> just display the contour maps and not the basemap, it works as expected >> (see http://cferrero.net/maps/img/mkgmapdev_contourissue2.png) >> >> I'm using Mapsource 6.16.3, my base map has mapname 63247001 and the >> contour tiles are 63247201-63247209, compiled with higher draw priority >> and --transparent > Where did I write you are supposed to use --transparent. Drop that it > causes only problems.
You beauty - thanks Felix. Dropping transparent counterintuitively fixed things. All working now. -- Charlie _______________________________________________ mkgmap-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/mkgmap-dev
