Hi Gerd I've tweaked the file a bit and put a hint to it in the README in the root directory of the distribution; this file is very out-of-date but I didn't want to start re-writing it. Attached is the updated patch and resources/sample.cfg (which I couldn't work out how to get into the patch because it's a new file) I don't think we can solve all a new users build problems, but the idea of this was just to start the user off with a good set of options and how they can be specified, along with the splitter generated template.args, to mkgmap. Ticker On Wed, 2019-11-13 at 11:12 +0000, Gerd Petermann wrote:
Hi Ticker,
I don't think that it will be of much help when we distribute a sample without any hint regarding the usage.
The attached patch shows how to change build.xml so that it copies a sample.cfg to examples directory. I think we need at least a README.html or HOWTO.html that explains how to use it and I have no idea where to start with this.
Here is a brief description how I create a map for my bicycle tours: 1) Extract attached zip file to produce a directory map containing makemap.cmd and mkgmaps.args 2) Create a gpx file with a router like brouter http://brouter.de/brouter-web 3) Load the gpx file into JOSM and draw a polygon around it, store it as map.poly in the map directory 4) Download osm.pbf from geofabrik that covers the map.poly (typically europe-lastest.osm.pbf) 5) Modify the first rows in script makemap.cmd so that the wanted osm input file is used and map name is set 6) Execute the script (don't try it, it will only work on my PC)
If you look at the script you will find that it requires some tools and input files in exactly the right places and there is no code to react on errors, so it may help some people but probably it will only be confusing for a newbie, esp. one who uses Linux.
The program map-composer (1) tries to solve this problem with a dialog, but it is only available in German.
(1) http://composer.waldpfa.de/
Gerd