Hi, I compiled mkgmap r2179 and tried to create the bounds files with it: osmconvert data/planet/planet-120122.osm.pbf --out-o5m osmfilter data/boundaries/world-20120122.o5m --keep-nodes= '--keep-ways-relations=boundary=administrative =postal_code postal_code=' mkgmap --createboundsfile=data/boundaries/boundaries-20120122.osm.gz --bounds=data/boundaries/20120122 Schwerwiegend (BoundarySaver): Calculate bbox to (-90.12222290039062,-180.24444580078125) to (82.6120376586914,179.17156219482422) Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException at uk.me.parabola.mkgmap.reader.osm.boundary.BoundaryUtil.loadBoundaryFile(BoundaryUtil.java:169) at uk.me.parabola.mkgmap.reader.osm.boundary.BoundaryPreparer.workoutBoundaryRelations(BoundaryPreparer.java:144) at uk.me.parabola.mkgmap.reader.osm.boundary.BoundaryPreparer.run(BoundaryPreparer.java:110) at uk.me.parabola.mkgmap.main.Main.endOptions(Main.java:333) at uk.me.parabola.mkgmap.CommandArgsReader.readArgs(CommandArgsReader.java:126) at uk.me.parabola.mkgmap.main.Main.main(Main.java:112) Command exited with non-zero status 1 Thorsten -- Thorsten Kukuk, Project Manager/Release Manager SLES SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, D-90409 Nuernberg GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg)