On Tue, Oct 01, 2013 at 05:02:04PM +0100, SomeoneElse wrote: > (as has already been mentioned) if you're already using Lambertus' > maps than I'd be tempted to start creating your own using mkgmap > <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mkgmap>. It would allow you to > change what gets displayed a little at a time, so that at no stage > do you end up with a blank screen thinking "I wonder why that didn't > work". There's lots of info on the help set - search for "mkgmap" > or "garmin".
Chipping in here as someone who has just started using mkgmap, I must say that the documentation is extremely obscure in places. Some sections of the help in mkgmap --help=options seem to be written in something not entirely unlike English. Following the documented examples produces maps which don't support searching. Googling shows that this has been a common problem in the past, but the current documentation suggests that it will just work. But it doesn't. I imagine that with enough persistance and reading many more documents, it will eventually become clear, but I think a newbie needs to be warned that mkgmap needs a very large investment in time to understand how to use it effectively. ael _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
