I am not sure wether you tried do get a bunch of .img files to your device or if you look for a different solution. I did not follow the whole discussion lately.
I made a script for unix to accomplish and automate this task. That works for half a year now. It's not difficult, but as always, once you know the solution, it's easy. I can send it to you if you like. Contact me by PM. My problem was the following: I have a Garmin Venture HC, which did not work with gpsbabel or any other tools despite for MapSource. I wanted to extract exactly the areas of interest for me, to create a tiny map. I use a VMware-Image to run MapSource in and do not have much space available inside of it. I do not care for routing, as my Venture does not care for, either. So I looked for a solution to extract a specific area, make .img-files, create a map product for MapSource and make MapSource send it from inside the VM to my Venture. This is what I once wrote to another guy with the same problem as me: I tried to find my way through, but found it was extremely difficult. Lastly I was successful. Download IMG-files made of OSM excerpts precompiled by computerteddy, use mkgmap to combine them, use a hexdump to find the Product ID, (look for a template to learn which) patch the registry, use the map in mapsource, mark the map with the map-tool, mark the marked maps in the tabbed list for upload, (yes, you read right) upload the selected maps to your device. It's a long chain of things to do. Most OSMers seem to be successful without mapsource, so there is no-one to support you. Best to use a GPS-receiver with SD-card. No fumbling with mapsource. Great. Have fun, Thomas -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:37:34 +0100 > Von: Someoneelse <[email protected]> > An: [email protected] > Betreff: [OSM-newbies] Garmin IMG files / mkgmap (was "Conversational gambit: > New to OSM?") > Chris Hunter wrote: > > I still haven't figured out how to roll the Garmin IMG files the way I > > wanted them despite searching the WIKI for mkgmap documentation. Could > > someone point me to a good howto. > > When I went through this about a year ago I never found one howto that > described exactly what I wanted to do, but did manage to cobble > something together from several sources. What is it you're trying to do > that isn't quite working? > > Also, just in case you're not aware, there is a mkgmap-dev list here: > http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/mkgmap-dev > > As well as describing the current co-operation amongst developers, it > also describes what does work and what doesn't yet, so might be worth a > read. > > _______________________________________________ > newbies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies -- http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=47.172&lon=7.4395&zoom=14&layers=0B00FTFTT&mlat=47.16677&mlon=7.43513 Jetzt kostenlos herunterladen: Internet Explorer 8 und Mozilla Firefox 3.5 - sicherer, schneller und einfacher! http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/chbrowser _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies
