[OSM-talk] mkgmap questions

[Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason]

On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 5:02 AM, Simon Wood <simon at mungewell.org> wrote:
> 1). The '--gmapsupp' option makes compress archives. Can multiple of these be loaded at the same time, or does the user have to have access to the individual map files if they want to load more than just my map?

Yes, just use `java -jar dist/mkgmap.jar --gmapsupp map1.img map2.img
[...]'. and a gmapsupp.img will be created containing all of the maps
you supplied.

> 2). What is the purpose of the tdb-files ('--tdbfile' option)? I have never used mapsource....

.tdb is to tell garmin mapsource which .img files makeup the mapset.
You don't need it unless you're using mapsource.