On Wed, May 11, Gary Bamford wrote: > HI Gerd. > > > Okay, that leaves just one question, does the conversion from the txt file to > the typ file have to happen as a separate command, or can i specify the txt > file as part of a command to make the gmapsupp.img file.
Instead of specifying the TYP file (file.TYP) you specify the txt file on the commandline (file.TXT). Thorsten > > > Gary > > > ________________________________ > From: mkgmap-dev <mkgmap-dev-boun...@lists.mkgmap.org.uk> on behalf of Gerd > Petermann <gpetermann_muenc...@hotmail.com> > Sent: 11 May 2016 08:49 > To: Development list for mkgmap > Subject: Re: [mkgmap-dev] Land flooded > > > Hi Gary, > > > just to make sure: > > mkgmap can compile a gmapsupp with both formats, when you use the *.typ file > as input it will copy it into to gmapsupp.img, > > maybe after adjusting values like product id, I am not sure about that. > > When you specify the text file format it will use its typ file compiler to > create the *.typ file and use that for the gmapsupp.img. > > So, when you see differences using these two different ways you may have > found a problem in the mkgmap typ file compiler. > > > @Steve: I hope that I got this right? > > > Gerd > > > ________________________________ > Von: mkgmap-dev <mkgmap-dev-boun...@lists.mkgmap.org.uk> im Auftrag von Gary > Bamford <garybamf...@hotmail.com> > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 11. Mai 2016 10:05 > An: Development list for mkgmap > Betreff: Re: [mkgmap-dev] Land flooded > > > Hi Gerd > > That's where I was going wrong then, I was speciying the typefile as a txt > file, and not a typ file. > > > http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/news/2012/02/17/typ-file-compiler > > > > I assumed that also meant that the map complier would also allow for a txt > file input of styles > > [http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/static/img/logo.png]<http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/news/2012/02/17/typ-file-compiler> > > TYP file compiler - > mkgmap<http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/news/2012/02/17/typ-file-compiler> > www.mkgmap.org.uk > Another recent feature added is the ability to compile TYP file from the .txt > format. There is no special option needed, just place the .txt file on the > command line ... > > > > > ________________________________ > From: mkgmap-dev <mkgmap-dev-boun...@lists.mkgmap.org.uk> on behalf of Gerd > Petermann <gpetermann_muenc...@hotmail.com> > Sent: 11 May 2016 07:58 > To: Development list for mkgmap > Subject: Re: [mkgmap-dev] Land flooded > > > Hi Gary, > > > not sure what you mean with "when I use the text file output" here. The > device needs the *.typ format, it > > doesn't understand the text file format. Or do you mean that you feed mkgmap > with the text file format > > and the resulting *.typ file doesn't work ? > > > Gerd > > > ________________________________ > Von: mkgmap-dev <mkgmap-dev-boun...@lists.mkgmap.org.uk> im Auftrag von Gary > Bamford <garybamf...@hotmail.com> > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 11. Mai 2016 09:51 > An: Development list for mkgmap > Betreff: Re: [mkgmap-dev] Land flooded > > > Hi Gerd. > > > Thanks for the information. The problem gets a little stranger, I use a > software package called TYPViewer ( v4.5.35 ) to edit the type files, it has > two outputs, one produces a typ file the other produces a txt file. If I use > the typ file output I get the map I expect ( without having to specify > --transparent or --generate-sea=land-tag=natural=background ) the sea is > where it should be, if I use the text file output from TYPViewer then I have > problems. > > > Lessen to learn, use the typ file output. > > > Regards > > > Gary > > _______________________________________________ > mkgmap-dev mailing list > mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk > http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/mkgmap-dev -- Thorsten Kukuk, Senior Architect SLES & Common Code Base SUSE LINUX GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nuernberg, Germany GF: Felix Imendörffer, Jane Smithard, Graham Norton, HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg) _______________________________________________ mkgmap-dev mailing list mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/mkgmap-dev
