Re: Worldwide routable Garmin maps: URL REMOVED

ligfietser wrote:

My idea:
-Most users who want to work with josm have to install java anyway

My idea: Most people who 'order' a map will not be OSM contributers. And if they are will use potlatch.

-nsis doesnt need to be installed by the user, it is only needed to convert a script into an exe file, the user only have to run this setup.exe

Ok. But then this setup.exe has to be generated on Lambertus' site and then downloaded. This has to be 'ordered' too. So again a possibility for a queue. And is it possible for NSIS on a Linux computer to generate an installer for Windows?

-mkgmap can be packed into this exe file and run by the installer without any complications, the only thing that is needed is that java is installed on the pc

I would not pack mkgmap in that exe file. Only the urls where to download mkgmap. The exe would then download and install. The same for java. But what a hassle.

So to my opinion the best way to do it, is that the user goes to the osm site, clicks on the map and select the tiles he/she wants to download.
The tiles are downloaded ...

Now who is downloading the tiles??

as well as a small installer file which contains mkgmap. On the computer the user can choose to
a) compile a gmapsupp from the tiles with mkgmap (tiles will be deleted) - maybe this can be done with sendmap without mkgmap

mkgmap is overkill.

What I miss in this scenario is that if the 'orderer' comes back some months later to 'order' other tiles how that would go. All software is already on his computer. So only tiles have to be downloaded. Please explain.

For my maps this solution will make it also more convenient. ...... and I think we can ask for the users also something in return (install java, thats all).

But then you have to place all tiles on your server and provide an equal nice interface as Lambertus' where the tiles can be manually selected on a map. But I agree except for needing java and mkgmap.