GPS - HELP on creting Garmin compatible map!

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HELP on creting Garmin compatible map!

Andrea

2006-09-19, 4:33 am

Help!

Can you say me a good and clear way (or a tutorial link) to create
downloadable map for Garmin GPS (Etrex series and 60 CSx)?

THANK YOU!

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Keith Sheppard

2006-09-19, 4:33 am

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Please feel free to download my MapMan application, using the link below,
which will do this for you. MapMan has a comprehensive help system which, I
hope, will explain to you all the processes involved.

MapMan is free for the basic feature set. For some more advanced features
(which you may decide you don't need) there is a small licence fee.

Like most programs of its type, MapMan uses a second program called
cGPSMapper for the final part of the process of creating the Garmin format
map file. cGPSMapper is also free and the MapMan help system explains how
to install it. Once you have installed cGPSMapper you can forget about it
because MapMan will call it for you.

If you have any specific questions about MapMan I will do my best to answer
them in this forum.

Regards
Keith
http://homepages.tesco.net/~Keith.Sheppard/MapMan.htm

Helge Olav Helgesen

2006-09-19, 7:33 am

On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 09:17:31 +0200, Andrea <pippo@pippo.con> wrote:

> Can you say me a good and clear way (or a tutorial link) to create
> downloadable map for Garmin GPS (Etrex series and 60 CSx)?

Have you searched on Google?

The easy way: http://www.mapwel.biz

an harder way;
http://www.cgpsmapper.com/ - an .img compiler (from a text format)
http://geopainting.com/en - a GUI to make the text files needed above

Andrea

2006-09-19, 10:33 am

On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 08:23:38 GMT, "Keith Sheppard"
<keith.sheppard@tesco.net> wrote:

>
>Please feel free to download my MapMan application, using the link below,
>which will do this for you. MapMan has a comprehensive help system which, I
>hope, will explain to you all the processes involved.
>
>MapMan is free for the basic feature set. For some more advanced features
>(which you may decide you don't need) there is a small licence fee.
>
>Like most programs of its type, MapMan uses a second program called
>cGPSMapper for the final part of the process of creating the Garmin format
>map file. cGPSMapper is also free and the MapMan help system explains how
>to install it. Once you have installed cGPSMapper you can forget about it
>because MapMan will call it for you.
>
>If you have any specific questions about MapMan I will do my best to answer
>them in this forum.
>
>Regards
>Keith
>http://homepages.tesco.net/~Keith.Sheppard/MapMan.htm

Thanks!
Now is question of "time finding" then I will try it!

ciao

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Andrea

2006-09-19, 10:33 am

On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:46:47 +0200, "Helge Olav Helgesen"
<irc@helge.net> wrote:

>On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 09:17:31 +0200, Andrea <pippo@pippo.con> wrote:
>
>
>Have you searched on Google?

yes, caotic

>The easy way: http://www.mapwel.biz

seems good but for a garmin device, if I'd understood well, I have to
purchase advanced version...

>
>an harder way;
>http://www.cgpsmapper.com/ - an .img compiler (from a text format)

Post before yours speaks about Mapwel....

>http://geopainting.com/en - a GUI to make the text files needed above

seems good...

any experience?

THAAAAAAANK YOU!

ciao

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Helge Olav Helgesen

2006-09-19, 10:33 pm

On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 16:50:23 +0200, Andrea <pippo@pippo.con> wrote:

> On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:46:47 +0200, "Helge Olav Helgesen"
> <irc@helge.net> wrote:
>
> yes, caotic

I can belive so :)

> seems good but for a garmin device, if I'd understood well, I have to
> purchase advanced version...

If you intend to distribute your maps to other devices, yes.

> seems good...
> any experience?

I use these tools myself. It works great for me. But cgpsmapper syntax
(the part that MapEdit doesn't cover) can be hard to understand.

MapEdit is a cool tool. If you combine it with OziExplorer maps (your
own!) you have a winner.

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Helge Olav Helgesen
http://www.helge.net/GPS

Andrea

2006-09-20, 4:33 am

On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 22:41:12 +0200, "Helge Olav Helgesen"
<irc@helge.net> wrote:

>
>If you intend to distribute your maps to other devices, yes.

wait. I have a Gamon GPS60CSx
I have a paper map of a zone WITHOUT car route (the bigger wilderness
zone in Europe...) but with a lot of path (for trekking). Some of them
are only treces or are no more existing cause nature re-growing.

Really I don'want to draw a map.For me is enough create the paths on
my gps in way that it recognizes them as route....

Can I do this with mapwel?

>
>
>I use these tools myself. It works great for me. But cgpsmapper syntax
>(the part that MapEdit doesn't cover) can be hard to understand.

I don'r read about the need of cgpsmapper... read for mapwel...

>MapEdit is a cool tool. If you combine it with OziExplorer maps (your
>own!) you have a winner.

I tried to open a map but it says:

Loading data from file 'C:\Documents and Settings\andrea\Desk
top\x
gps\mappe\valgrande.map'...
WARNING: No corner points defined (expected in MMPXY and MMPLL).
Please try to update the .MAP file with newer version of OziExplorer.
ERROR: loading has terminated.

????

thank you again

ps: I use ozi 3.95.4

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Helge Olav Helgesen

2006-09-20, 3:33 pm

On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 09:43:25 +0200, Andrea <pippo@pippo.con> wrote:

> Really I don'want to draw a map.For me is enough create the paths on
> my gps in way that it recognizes them as route....
> Can I do this with mapwel?

To do that you should look into http://www.oziexplorer.com - that tool can
easily create tracks/routes from a given paper map.

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Helge Olav Helgesen
http://www.helge.net/GPS

Andrea

2006-09-21, 4:33 am

On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 22:33:08 +0200, "Helge Olav Helgesen"
<irc@helge.net> wrote:

>On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 09:43:25 +0200, Andrea <pippo@pippo.con> wrote:
>
>
>To do that you should look into http://www.oziexplorer.com - that tool can
>easily create tracks/routes from a given paper map.

sorry.... my fault....

I want to create routable road... I use CompeGPS (a tool like Ozi)
but it's not the same...

thanks

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Anton Betzler

2006-09-21, 10:33 am

Andrea <pippo@pippo.con> wrote:

> I want to create routable road...

then you need MapEdit/cGPSMapper

hth
Anton

Helge Olav Helgesen

2006-09-21, 10:33 pm

On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 08:14:40 +0200, Andrea <pippo@pippo.con> wrote:

> I want to create routable road...

cgpsmapper is your solution then!

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Helge Olav Helgesen
http://www.helge.net/GPS

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