Thanks for clarifying! On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 3:14 PM, Marko Mäkelä <marko.makela@iki.fi> wrote:
On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 11:33:01AM +0800, maning sambale wrote:
I want to create additional custom maps aside from the regular standard map from the default stylesheets. What I want are maps for cycling/mtb. But I am a bit confused with two options, 1. creating custom styles by editing the default stylesheet, or 2. creating typ files.
Can somebody explain the difference of the two options?
With 1, you probably mean the mkgmap translation rules. They specify how OpenStreetMap node and way attributes are translated into Garmin point and line types and attributes in the *.img file.
The TYP files are useful if you want to define custom map symbols and the like. If you think of the Garmin map data as a HTML document, the TYP file would customize the presentation, like CSS and graphical images do for HTML.
If you find a good tutorial into TYP files and a nice set of tools, I'm interested. I use Debian GNU/Linux, and I am distributing a map of Finland that I would like to be more useful for cycling (but still useable for pedestrians and motor vehicles).
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