cgpsmapper can compile img from shapefiles, no need to create Polish files. Graham Bowring On 07/06/2012, at 12:44 AM, "Seldom" <seldom_sn@...> wrote: ...
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gepp1
Jun 6, 2012 6:28 pm
I predicted this years ago. Fortunately it appears as though we (offline mappers) will win out. http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/ ...
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wagnerkobayashi
Jun 6, 2012 6:35 pm
I missed the point. Why is this good for us? wk...
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gepp1
Jun 6, 2012 6:46 pm
The road data for Google maps is a vector based overlay. Much like a transparent "img" file. Previously, Google wanted to render this in their own map...
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wagnerkobayashi
Jun 6, 2012 7:54 pm
R u talking about building custom maps for Android? 'Cause I think all this changes in Google Maps are targered to Android plattaform. The question is: will...
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Seldom
seldom_sn
Jun 6, 2012 7:59 pm
Indeed, but assuming the OP needs to combine data from different sources he'll need an editor. GPSmapedit is inexpensive, and has limited input types. Global...
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gepp1
Jun 6, 2012 8:37 pm
... SDK for developer community? It would be nice. But, maybe don't. ... There has long been a really nifty java toolbox for Google Maps and I can't see them...
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ibycus
atkind
Jun 11, 2012 8:40 pm
School took me away from the custom mapping scene for a while, but I'm graduated now, and starting to dabble in it a bit more seriously than I have been. Back...
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Michael Schlenstedt
schlenn...
Jun 12, 2012 4:52 am
Hi ibycus, another option is using "mkgmap", originally created for OSM -> Garmin it is a powerful alternative for compiling maps in polish format meanwhile: ...
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csteimel@...
csteimel...
Jun 12, 2012 3:00 pm
When editing my maps in GPSMapedit ([POI],[POLYLINE],[POLYGON] no [RGN..]) I usually draw objects on a basic level (i.e. level with highest resolution/most...
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Doug
gps_maps
Jun 12, 2012 3:23 pm
Map Authors, "...the race for `streets and roads' is over and the race for hyperlocal POI and pictures has begun." This is what one map developer told me when...
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Marcelo RodrÃguez...
bikerguy_ar
Jun 12, 2012 7:39 pm
I use the [POI], [POLYLINE], [POLYGON] schema in my mp files and the dictionary section works fine, I don't think it's an old concept. I extend all objets to...
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Gary Turner
g_turner_nz
Jun 12, 2012 9:03 pm
What do you mean 'final mapversion'? (apart from the German propensity to improperly concatenate nouns in english! ;^) It is not clear to me how you are...
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Auke Koopmans
offroadlanna
Jun 12, 2012 9:46 pm
I am doing the same as Marcello and draw objects on level 0 and use the Dictionary to extend POI, POLYLINE and POLYGON to the other levels. Up to now I have...
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Gary Turner
g_turner_nz
Jun 12, 2012 9:55 pm
OK - thanks for that. My recollection was that Mapedit flagged [Dictionary] as unsupported. Does it still do that, and/or just work anyway? ... From: Auke...
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Marcelo RodrÃguez...
bikerguy_ar
Jun 12, 2012 11:02 pm
Mapedit still gives the "WARNING (offset 4DEh): [DICTIONARY] section is not supported." But it just works. You can add your dictionary manually using any text ...
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Seldom
seldom_sn
Jun 13, 2012 4:01 pm
Does anyone have an answer to the OP's question. Is there a way to perform a single GPSMapEdit operation, other than "save as", from a script? Nicer if there...
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Gary Turner
g_turner_nz
Jun 13, 2012 9:24 pm
It wasn't clear to me whether the question was in reference to driving Mapedit from a script, or running the Polish through a script afterwards. Either would...
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fuster75
Jun 16, 2012 11:21 am
Episode 2 of The GeoScoop is out. In this show we cover how to identify poison ivy, some of the tools we should have in our geobag and talk about some of the...
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Brian Hohner
magnetic772003
Jun 17, 2012 4:31 pm
Hello Mapmakers, I've been lurking and learning for a couple of years but now have a problem I can't solve yet. I've put a transparent overlay map of old...
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Bill N.
billnowicky
Jun 17, 2012 5:46 pm
In the [POLYLINE] section try changing "Type=0x3"; to Type="0x16" or some other value of your cholce. ... -- -... .. .-.. .-.. -. --- .-- .. -.-. -.- -.-- ...
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Brian Hohner
magnetic772003
Jun 17, 2012 8:43 pm
Thanks Bill, I must have a funky type chart because it said 0x3 was -road, 'other type'. I checked in the cGPSmapper appendix and saw you were correct. Is this...
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Gary Turner
g_turner_nz
Jun 17, 2012 9:21 pm
The rendering of a line depends (a) on your device, unless you specify (b) a customisation 'typ' file to go with it. So - without knowing what you are...
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Brian Hohner
magnetic772003
Jun 18, 2012 1:43 am
Hi Gary, The GPS is a Garmin 62s and I think Type=0x16 (tracks and trails) should render fine as the older topos had them on the maps and they looked just fine...
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Gary Turner
g_turner_nz
Jun 18, 2012 2:24 am
Tracks are a good candidate for customisation. They tend to disappear amidst contours and such on topo maps, and they are certainly one of the things you do...
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ibycus
atkind
Jun 18, 2012 3:20 pm
Thanks, Looks like the mp files are still pretty standard, so at this point I'm safe rewriting my code to still work with mps. I take it there is still no...
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Michael Schlenstedt
schlenn...
Jun 18, 2012 4:03 pm
Yes, there's still no way to create DEMs. Either cgpsmapper nor mkgmap support creating DEMs, because the compression algorithm Garmin uses for DEMs is still ...
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boyd_ostroff
Jun 23, 2012 11:20 am
... That is true, but I was happy to see that some progress is being made. See the following document from the author of "TypWiz" ...
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Arash
arash_no1
Jun 30, 2012 9:15 am
still no file there ... any comments?...
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Michael Schlenstedt
schlenn...
Jun 30, 2012 3:58 pm
I deleted the file in the meantime - you need 7 month to answer! Do you still need help with the skin? Best regards, Michael ... [Non-text portions of this...
