I think it is only installer problem. Install new map manually or move old map to other director and correct registry entry accordingly.
GMTK already did that. Just click ‘OK’ and proceed. The uninstall process will remove the some installer stuff, but not the map (because it isn’t there were the uninstaller expects it to be).
To be sure you could create a backup of ‘OSM GR UK’ with GMTK; in the case that the uninstaller manages to remove some vital information, you can always restore the map from your backup.
The problem is that the installer doesnt know that you have changed the settings. I think it is fine if you click on OK when the message “OSM generic routable is already installed. Click ‘OK’ to remove the previous version” is prompted, I think nothing will be removed because you already moved the maps to another folder?
Maybe Javawa can have a look and remove the installer when someone has changed the WR maps to another location with his tool?
Edit: he already answered 
I’ve decided not to mess with installers in GMTK, because every installer works differently… In the past this problem didn’t occur with the OSM installer, but at some time a check for a previous version was added to it. Maybe you guys could add another check (whether the previous map is still present at the original location)?
Thanks guys, I didn’t think to try just clicking OK 
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I’m sure that would have worked, however, I thought about it over lunch and decided it was just a problem with the installer too. So what I did was to rename the registry key at:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\OSM generic routable
as
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\OSM GR UK
then the installer worked fine.
Here is the code, anyone who can do a good suggestion please let me know
https://github.com/openstreetmap/mkgmap/blob/master/resources/installer/installer_template.nsi
Please advise. Sorry if you need to explain this over and over again to novices like me.
I have just downloaded some European maps with the installer for Windows. The installer apparently unzipped itself into a bunch of IMG files. I have no idea what to do with them next to make them work. My Garmin Nuvi has a micro SD card; I copied the files there into Garmin directory, but, not very surprisingly, it was not sufficient to show the maps. Now I’m stuck. Is there some instruction on how to make these maps work? Could you please point to it?
Thanks.
See http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/05/download-garmin-705800810.html
The imgs that you have installed are not intended to put on your gps, look for a separate gmapsupp img that is listed in the download links that you have received in your mail.
Thank you very much. Indeed, I overlooked that gmapsupp file in the download. Now I see the difference - streets and POI became available in the area I am going to visit. I assume that I don’t need to do anything more, and my GPS will be able to navigate using those maps when I arrive to the place.
One more question if you don’t mind. If I want to add more tiles to the map I have, should I start over and pick the new tiles, as well as the old ones, and download all of them, or is there a smarter way? I don’t care too much about my time, but I want to avoid extra load on OSM server if possible.
Thanks again.
Yes if you want to add new tiles the usual way is to do a new request. There is another way but this involves a merging of tiles with mkgmap, which can be done automatically with Javawa OSM Combiner, but this can only done if the map tiles that you already have are from the same date as the new ones that you want to add. Javawa’s combiner is meant for combining large mapsets ( > 2 Gb) http://www.javawa.nl/osmcombiner_en.html
OK; thank you. I’ll request it again then - for multiple countries this time.
Bounding Box or Polygon Box
Hi, it is possible to get the bounding box (if the map is a rectangle) or a polygon box (if the map is not rectangular) from the map I downloaded from http://garmin.openstreetmap.nl/ ? I need the coordinates to create contour-elevation lines for the aera I downloaded.
Many thanks for any help
JM
You don’t have to copy tile sizes, you can create independent overlay with contours, using other subdivisions, which fit this map.
If you’d like to check tiles area, you can use GMapTool to show bounding box of an img file, use button “Details” on “Files” tab.
I am wondering why there is no updated map for Thailand since 12/17/13. Is there some sort of problem?
Many thanks for all the good work you do.
Happy New Year.
Best wishes for the New Year too.
I guess the busy Xmas days were causing the delay? There are some improvements made in mkgmap, see http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/news/2013/12/22/more-flexibility-in-style-files-style and I hope it didnt cause technical problems with updating the maps Lambertus? The style files are now compatible with the latest mkgmap release. Make sure that the --ignore-maxspeeds option is superfluous and must be removed.
Happy new year everyone!
I’m afraid the ‘ignore-maxspeeds’ did indeed cause problems, the update was running longer then expected and a look at the logs revealed this issue. A new update is started and will take 2 to 3 days to complete.
Okay, thanks for the information. I’ll check back in a few days.
Hi,
I noticed a minor issue when selecting multiple maps by means of selecting a corner and dragging the mouse. When I do this across the 180th meridian then it selects all longitudes between the selected latitudes.
Best regards and a happy new year
I have been using your Generic Routable (testing new style) maps on my Garmin Montana GPS for quite a while and except for some small rendering quirks are fantastic. Here in Thailand we’re experiencing quite a run of “mapping for the renderer” issues because certain POIs no not render appropriately in Garmin Basecamp or on Garmin GPS units. People either object to the particular tag being used because its rendering doesn’t suit them while in some cases, POIs are not rendered with any symbol at all.
Examples: Some tower structures that are definitely not communication towers get an icon that resembles a “radio tower”. We have started tagging certain tower structures as stupas when they are associated with buddhist temples or wats in our area. The stupa is part of the man_made=tower, tower:type=* tag set. The radio tower icon is not really appropriate. Also, wats render only as a dot on my maps at all zoom levels. Wats are very prominent features in Thailand and are also numerous. It would be nice if they were rendered in a more meaningful way.
As a total novice as regards map symbols and their incorporation into maps, I’m wondering how I should approach this problem. Is it something you can do here either by modifying your style sheets or your TYP files, or is it something we can, or should, do on our own? Is it a Garmin problem?
Thanks in advance…
Dave
You can find the style sheet here:
http://code.google.com/p/mkgmap-style-sheets/source/browse/trunk/styles/world/points
(man_made=tower & tower:type!=communication) |man_made=chimney [0x6411 resolution 24]
As you can see communication towers are filtered out and not rendered at all.
It depends on your unit how Garmin renders 0x6411, in Mapsource they don’t have an icon and are rendered as a small blue default poi dot.
You can modify the 2000.typ file with a typ file editor like typviewer to make a more appropriate icon for this.
What are “wats” (osm tag?)