ups - I meant to state only the following: "Note that neither very old devices (introduced up to around ~2011) - nor newer devices (introduced ~late 2015 or newer) can show unicode maps."
On 16 September 2017 at 07:57, Gerd Petermann < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Felix, > > I understand that tools like this exists, but I don't think that we should > add it to the documentation of mkgmap. > I would not even dare to click on a link for it because of the higher risk > to download some malware. > > Gerd > ________________________________________ > Von: mkgmap-dev <[email protected]> im Auftrag von > Felix Hartmann <[email protected]> > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 14. September 2017 10:50:55 > An: Development list for mkgmap > Betreff: Re: [mkgmap-dev] Recent Garmin Firmware "cannot authenticate > maps" when they are unicode > > I would rephrase it to "Note that neither very old devices (introduced up > to around ~2011) - nor newer devices (introduced ~late 2015 or newer) can > show unicode maps. Newer devices can however mostly be made compatible by > using grey market firmware. (actually the firmwares that are designed to > circumvent new garmin devices to show "pirated" copyrighted garmin maps > will also mean that those devices will be able to show mkgmap unicode maps. > In my opinion in Europe it would be legal to use such firmware if you > simply want to show OSM based mkgmap created "non pirated" maps - while > illegal if used to show "pirated" garmin maps. > The only new devices for which this firmware is not available/ or better > the firmware patcher for this does not work are some of the garmin smart > devices like the Fenix watches and I'm not sure if it works on all > automotive devices like Zumo or Nuvi. > > So maybe in this firmware patcher some clues could be found (or better if > the author would release the relevant clues/sourcecode on request)? > > (just google garmin firmware patcher to find it) > > On 14 September 2017 at 07:47, Gerd Petermann < > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > wrote: > Hi all, > > The documentation and help already contains this > --unicode > This is equivalent to --code-page=65001. Note that > some devices don't support unicode maps produced by mkgmap. > > I added the hint while working on the optimize-index branch, it is in the > branch since r3968. > Please suggest improvements if this is not enough. > > Gerd > > ________________________________________ > Von: mkgmap-dev <[email protected]<mailto:mkgmap- > [email protected]>> im Auftrag von Felix Hartmann < > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 14. September 2017 00:14:34 > An: Development list for mkgmap > Betreff: Re: [mkgmap-dev] Recent Garmin Firmware "cannot authenticate > maps" when they are unicode > > this can go into documentation not the compile process itself I think. The > warning should be for real warnings that happen because of bugs/problems. > > On 13 September 2017 at 21:57, franco_bez <[email protected]<mailto:fran > [email protected]><mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: > One last thought: > > maybe it's not a bug in mkgmap, and maybe there is no way to fix this on > our > side. > But in any way there will be more and more people affected as the number of > new Garmin devices increases. > > So we should issue a warning message when maps are built with the unicode > option. > > Something like: > > "The use of the option unicode will cause problems on recent Garmin > devices. > Consider using another encoding instead." > > What do You think ? > > Ciao, > Franco > > > > -- > Sent from: http://gis.19327.n8.nabble.com/Mkgmap-Development-f5324443.html > _______________________________________________ > mkgmap-dev mailing list > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected] > ><mailto:[email protected]<mailto:mkgmap-dev@lists. > mkgmap.org.uk>> > http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/mkgmap-dev > > > > -- > Felix Hartman - Openmtbmap.org & VeloMap.org > Schusterbergweg 32/8 > 6020 Innsbruck > Austria - Österreich > _______________________________________________ > mkgmap-dev mailing list > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/mkgmap-dev > > > > -- > Felix Hartman - Openmtbmap.org & VeloMap.org > Schusterbergweg 32/8 > 6020 Innsbruck > Austria - Österreich > _______________________________________________ > mkgmap-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/mkgmap-dev > -- Felix Hartman - Openmtbmap.org & VeloMap.org Schusterbergweg 32/8 6020 Innsbruck Austria - Österreich
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