Yes delete (backup before) the map themes file, it's overriding the .typ
However there is an only editor for it somewhere, forgot the location right
now.

On Fri, 31 Jul 2020, 05:58 brad <[email protected]> wrote:

> I took a look at those, thx.     Unfortunately they don't really tell you
> what feature you're editing if you've created a map with mkgmap.   typwiz
> is a windows program, which doesn't work for me.
>
> What I determined is that these typ codes don't work :
>     0x2c, 2f, 10101, 2d, 33
> These work as expected: 0x2a, 0x02, 0x01, 13
>
> The theme file has names such as MAP_PLTCL_INTL_CLR,
> MAP_ROAD_RESIDENTIAL_CLR and MAP_ROAD_RESIDENTIAL_CLR.   Perhaps these
> translate to a typ code, and overwrite what is coded by mkgmap?
>
>
> On 7/25/20 9:14 AM, nick wrote:
>
> Have a look at
>
> www.javawa.nl
>
> or
>
> https://www.pinns.co.uk/osm/theme_editor.html
>
> Although themes are text files, Garmin is particularly fussy about certain
> text characters and a surplus of spaces. When you modify them manually
>
> you may find the theme is not recognized.
>
> To a certain extent it is a matter of trial and error when converting a
> typ file to a theme, ie the theme only recognizes a limited number of types.
>
> Typwiz6 can convert TYP files to themes - there may be others
>
> Themes are saved in Garmin/themes folder
>
> Good Luck
>
> Nick
>
>
> <https://www.javawa.nl/zumocolors.html>
>
> <https://www.javawa.nl/zumocolors.html>
> <https://www.javawa.nl/zumocolors.html>
> On 25/07/2020 15:37, brad wrote:
>
> I was successfully building maps for a Montana with my own style. Since
> the Montana died, I replaced it with a Zumo XT.   It isn't working so well
> now.   I can use my map on qmapshack and it looks as expected, but on the
> Zumo it appears that Garmin does not recognize some (or all) my custom type
> codes.   Any ideas what the limitations are,  or how to work with this?
> They've added something called 'Map Theme', which is a small xml file.   I
> don't see a way to load my typ file, but I didn't need to do that before
> since I included that with the mkgmap build.
> Brad
>
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