[mkgmap-dev] Combine ovm files?

2015-02-17 Thread Ralf Kleineisel
Hi, is there a way to combine several overview map work files (ovm_*.img) into a new overview map? I have a set of about 200 compiled map tiles and the corresponding ovm files. I can combine subsets of these map tiles into new gmapsupp files, but how do I make the new overview maps? Best reg

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Combine ovm files?

2015-02-17 Thread GerdP
Hi Ralf, this should work: copy all *.img and ovm*.img into one directory and use java -jar mkgmap.jar *.img maybe with additional options for codepage etc. Gerd Ralf Kleineisel wrote > Hi, > > is there a way to combine several overview map work files (ovm_*.img) > into a new overview map? >

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Combine ovm files?

2015-02-17 Thread Ralf Kleineisel
Hi, On 02/17/2015 10:48 PM, GerdP wrote: > this should work: > copy all *.img and ovm*.img into one directory and > use > java -jar mkgmap.jar *.img > maybe with additional options for codepage etc. that's what I thought, too, but it doesn't: Starting with 3 tiles + 3 overview tiles: $ ls -l

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Combine ovm files?

2015-02-17 Thread GerdP
Hi Ralf, it is okay when the size of the overview map is much smaller than the sum of the ovm* sizes. This is expected. I think the reason is that the ovm* files contain many labels which don't appear in the final overview map. Gerd Ralf Kleineisel wrote > Hi, > > On 02/17/2015 10:48 PM, GerdP