Re: Worldwide routable Garmin maps: URL REMOVED

ligfietser wrote:

amenity=place_of_worship isn't rendered on Mapsource or Basecamp with a specific icon (default blue dot) because you have many types, a cross will not suit mosks or wats ;-)

The typ file is built in in the file "gmapsupp.img" that you put on your device. Only if you install the pc version for Basecamp you can edit this typ file.
Only after you have sent the mapset from Basecamp (with Mapinstall) to your GPS you can see the edited version.

There are some programms that can update the typ file in the gmapsupp.img (gmaptool or javawa's typchanger: http://www.javawa.nl/typchanger_en.html)

However, you are still depending on the style files. If tower:type=stupa isnt specified, you cant add it.
a) man_made=tower & tower:type!=communication means that we render all towers except tower:type=communication
b) we need to specify tower:type=stupa as a different garmin type with a specific symbol. If you can deliver a 1 colour bitmap in 25x25 pixels, I can add it to the style sheet and typ file.
c) same for amenity=place_of_worship (what's the subtype tag for watts in osm?)
d) please post your desired map symbols and corresponding osm tags in this topic: http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?id=13257

Okay, thanks, that explains why place_of_worship isn't rendered. We wouldn't want to offend those users that aren't Christian, or Moslem, etc. The other tag that defines a wat (a wat is a buddhist temple) is religion=buddhist. OSM uses a wheel for the symbol. I will try to locate that one and supply it. I'll also create a symbol for stupa and post that when I have it. Sorry to answer your reply with so many more questions but I need to ask why do you not render communication towers?

Also, I do not understand how changing the TYP file included in the already compiled gmappsupp.img will be visible inside Basecamp. Or do you mean I can change the TYP file in the install folder created by the Generic Routable New Style Windows installer, and then somehow resend that to Basecamp (and subsequently to my Garmin)??