Harald Kirsch wrote: >Sent: 27 January 2008 10:55 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [OSM-newbies] update gmapsupp.img > > > >Am 27.01.2008 11:35 schrieb Christoph Eckert: >> Hi, >> >>> the OSM user ComputerTeddy generously provides a gmapsupp.img file that >>> covers Germany for use in Garmin devices. The file is produced with >>> mkgmap. Is there a way to update the file with new data in the area >>> where I do some mapping? >> >> do you intend only to update the tile in your area while keeping the >> gmapsupp.img? Theoretically it's possible, but requires some manual work. > >Well, yes, that was the idea. > >> >>> I am about to try mkgmap on gmapsupp.img and some fresh osm-data, but I >>> have no idea whether this will produce any sensible result. >>> >>> Does anyone have more insight into this? >> >> mkgmap is relatively simple to use. Why not do the following: >> >> * Rename gmapsupp.img on your device to something like gmapsupp- >germany.img >> * Create a new one using your data and mkgmap >> * Copy this data as gmapsupp.img to your device >> * Go out mapping >> * When back reactivate the previous gmapsupp.img (if desired) > >Hmmmpf. It would have been nice to generally have the most recent data >around my area without the need to always generate all of Germany. >
You could do what I do which is to use osmxapi to download the full area that I'm generally within. Getting the data from osmxapi gets around the 0.25deg limit that the main OSM API has. I can't fit the whole of the UK on my Garmin memory (8MB limit in my case) but I can do a big chunk of it centred on my home. Then run mkgmap on the data and upload to my Garmin using Sendmap. It take me about 5 mins each time I do this (a bit extra for the time to upload the map via serial) so I do it regularly and that way I am always out mapping with the latest and greatest on the Garmin. Cheers Andy >Harald. > >-- >--------------+--------------------------------------------- >Harald Kirsch | pifpafpuf bei gmx punkt de > >_______________________________________________ >newbies mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies
