Hi I use the following command with osmosis v0.37. This Version can read the new binary format. set java=C:\Programme\Java\jre6\bin\java.exe -Xmx7000M set osmosis_file=D:\OpenStreetMap\mkgmap\bin\osmosis %java% -cp "%osmosis_file%\lib\default\plexus-classworlds-2.2.2.jar" -Dapp.home="%osmosis_file%" -Dclassworlds.conf="%osmosis_file%\config\plexus.conf" org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher --read-pbf data\europe.osm.pbf --bounding-box bottom=49.4 left=2.4 top=54.9 right=7.4 clipIncompleteEntities=yes idTrackerType=BitSet --write-xml file=data\BeNeLux.osm %* Instead of --bounding-box bottom=49.4 left=2.4 top=54.9 right=7.4 clipIncompleteEntities=yes idTrackerType=BitSet you can alos use --bounding-polygon file=BeNeLux.poly. -- View this message in context: http://gis.638310.n2.nabble.com/some-questions-about-splitter-and-europe-ext... Sent from the Mkgmap Development mailing list archive at Nabble.com.