[OSM-talk] user comment to improve mkgmap [Fwd: OSM on Gramin for Metro Manila, Philippines}

[Karl Newman]

On Jan 6, 2008 1:49 PM, Steve Ratcliffe <sr at parabola.me.uk> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> Thanks for sending these comments on.
>
> > - no poi nor city index
>
> That's right, and I am working on on adding cities at the moment.  I'm not
> sure how long it will take or what it takes to make them searchable, but it
> seems to be possible with what is publicly known about the format.
>
> > - severely jagged lines (i know it comes from your compiler...), I had
> > a go at the osm compiler; it's fast!
>
> Which version did you use to create the map?  If was 388, then you find that that
> the latest version (506 or above) is very much better in that respect.
>
> > - why a transparent map? sorry-osm compiler. on some units you can't
> > turn off the base map so your map will interfere with garmins base
> > map.
>
> It is not intentionally transparent, and indeed is not transparent on my
> GPSr.  I'll try adding background polygons to the main maps, some units may
> need them.
>
> > - size of 3013 is too high for older garmin units, they won't be
> > able to redraw fast enough
>
> It might be possible to make this configurable to some extent.  However
> mkgmap does not have one 'size' - the areas vary in size according to how
> much detail there is on them and so looking at the largest size is
> deceptive.  On the other hand the newer version of mkgmap is better able
> keep the divisions smaller where there are large elements, so it may be
> better here too.
>
> > - automate installation process to GPS unit.
>
> This is outside the scope of mkgmap, although I would be happy to include
> or publicize solutions developed by others.
>
> ..Steve
>

For that last point, I think the new version of sendmap
(www.cgpsmapper.com) can create self-contained exe files which will
download the map set to an attached GPS.

Karl