Comments on: Send Maps to GPS with Mkgmap (Cross-Platform) http://openmtbmap.org Routable Maps for Garmin GPS for outdoor sports Tue, 22 May 2012 14:45:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: extremecarver http://openmtbmap.org/tutorials/send-maps-to-your-gps/mkgmap/comment-page-1/#comment-11117 extremecarver Tue, 29 Mar 2011 22:26:59 +0000 http://openmtbmap.org/?page_id=259#comment-11117 Well current is 1905 - so it seems to be really up to date. (1903 is 6 days old) Well current is 1905 – so it seems to be really up to date. (1903 is 6 days old)

]]> By: pete dawgg http://openmtbmap.org/tutorials/send-maps-to-your-gps/mkgmap/comment-page-1/#comment-11116 pete dawgg Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:08:53 +0000 http://openmtbmap.org/?page_id=259#comment-11116 thx for the info, i just checked the versions: in portage (gentoo's "package-manager") it's mkgmap-1903 (which dates from march 2008 according to its manpage), and the latest stable version linked to from osm is mkgmap-1867. check both in http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/snapshots/ where it just says "March ..." which i guess is March 2008. i tested both versions of mkgmap and running the command (with <i>mkgmap ....</i> and <i>java -jar mkgmap ...</i>) and they both work. THX AGAIN FOR THOSE GREAT MAPS! thx for the info, i just checked the versions:
in portage (gentoo’s “package-manager”) it’s mkgmap-1903 (which dates from march 2008 according to its manpage), and the latest stable version linked to from osm is mkgmap-1867.
check both in http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/snapshots/ where it just says “March …” which i guess is March 2008.
i tested both versions of mkgmap and running the command (with mkgmap …. and java -jar mkgmap …) and they both work.

THX AGAIN FOR THOSE GREAT MAPS!

]]> By: extremecarver http://openmtbmap.org/tutorials/send-maps-to-your-gps/mkgmap/comment-page-1/#comment-11102 extremecarver Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:33:55 +0000 http://openmtbmap.org/?page_id=259#comment-11102 Well then you probably depend on dated mkgmap versions, which may cause trouble depending on how old the bundled mkgmap is. If you cannot call mkgmap via java, most likely you don't have java jdk (best use Sun Java) properly installed. Well then you probably depend on dated mkgmap versions, which may cause trouble depending on how old the bundled mkgmap is. If you cannot call mkgmap via java, most likely you don’t have java jdk (best use Sun Java) properly installed.

]]> By: pete dawgg http://openmtbmap.org/tutorials/send-maps-to-your-gps/mkgmap/comment-page-1/#comment-11098 pete dawgg Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:59:55 +0000 http://openmtbmap.org/?page_id=259#comment-11098 i'm on gentoo and just could get the windoze-stuff to run with wine, but it is possible to create the gmapsupp.img with the program <em>mkgmap </em>directly (which is installable via portage), because calling the mkgmap with java did not work, either. i just copied the command from this website and ran mkgmap with it directly: <em>  mkgmap --family-id=9999 --family-name=openmtbmap --gmapsupp 6*.img clas*.TYP</em> it put the gmapsupp.img in the same dir and it seems to run on my legend hcx (did not test it muchm though) THX FOR THE GREAT WORK! i'm on gentoo and just could get the windoze-stuff to run with wine, but it is possible to create the gmapsupp.img with the program mkgmap directly (which is installable via portage), because calling the mkgmap with java did not work, either. i just copied the command from this website and ran mkgmap with it directly:
  mkgmap –family-id=9999 –family-name=openmtbmap –gmapsupp 6*.img clas*.TYP
it put the gmapsupp.img in the same dir and it seems to run on my legend hcx (did not test it muchm though)
THX FOR THE GREAT WORK!

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