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Thanks all for the kind words 🙂

REH: I can reproduce your problems, although sometimes I can get MapSource to show the NZ map below 200m zoom by scrolling around a bit, but when zooming in even further even that doesn't help anymore. I don't know what's causing it. The problem does not occur in other areas (I tested the Netherlands myself). It could be a problem with the OSM data somewhere or an unfortunate coincidence. I'll update the tools for the next run, maybe that'll solve the problem.

zulusafari: I'm sorry to have to disappoint, but even after your plea I still don't see why it's necessary to provide a single map of the whole world.

• It's simply not what I'm aiming for
  
• The bandwidth usage will skyrocket (just like it did in the beginning when there was no tile limit). I don't want to test the patience of my sponsor.
  
• Most -if not all- gps units won't be able to work with the map because it will be much, much bigger then 2 GB
  
• Only very few people will travel the whole world in a single trip.
  

So I think the limitation for smaller sections of the world is still warranted.

There is a solution though. If you truly want to have a single map of the world get a planet dump, Splitter, Mkgmap, gmapibuilder and you'll be able to generate your own map. All the tools are opensource, just look them up in the OSM wiki.

Note: currently the tile selection limit is around 250 tiles (out of around 1500 available tiles). E.g. the most densely mapped countries like The Netherlands are currently 57 tiles and Germany is 107.