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About the Maps – Please Read

Maps are available for Europe. They are usually updated every Friday.

 

 Copyrights:

- Map Data

All maptiles are compiled with mkgmap using map data from openstreetmap.org & Contributors. OpenStreetMap data can be used freely under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ You can use and edit the map data by visiting openstreetmap.org. All map data is published CCBYSA 2.0 by openstreetmap.org and Constributors.

Thanks to Geofabrik for providing the map data snapshots which I use to create the maps.

-SRTM Contourlines Data Copyrights

The Contourlines data is provided by Jonathan de Ferranti where available and SRTM3" where no files are provided by www.viewfinderpanoramas.org Compiled also with mkgmap. All Copyrights to the contourdata remains with Jonathan de Ferranti. Note: The maps work best on your Windows PC when using Mapsource 6.16 or later or Basecamp 3 – See here for Installation Guide:  tutorials/install/gmaptool-install-maps

- velomap Maps as a derrivate database/product

The maps themselves (.img files) are distributed under CCBYSA 2.0 by www.velomap.org. You may use them as long as you attribute www.velomap.org (link if in digital form), attribute the exact date of map compilation by www.velomap.org and respect the rights to the underlying data. In short if you distribute the maps you have to link and attribute www.velomap.org; you have to indicate the exact date of map compilation by www.velomap.org, you have to attribute http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ and you have to attribute openstreetmap.org Contributors

- .TYP-file (as well as the style-file used to build the maps)

The style-file and the .TYP files are published under CCBYNCSA 3.0 by http://openmtbmap.org . See here for license details: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
Please note:
a) any works that build upon it, have to give attribution and link to openmtbmap.org
b) any maps generated by using the style-file or large parts of it have to give attribution and link to openmtbmap.org
c) reusing this style-file or .TYP-file or partly reusing it for commercial products/projects is not allowed without special permission by http://openmtbmap.org

- Openmtbmap contourline maps

The openmtbmap contourline maps may be used according to http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ by attributing http://openmtbmap.org and attributing the exact date of map compilation by openmtbmap.org. If you distribute the contourline maps without proper attribution you break the copyright of http://openmtbmap.org and I reserve my right to enforce legal action. You may publish screenshots showing the contourlines according to CCBYSA 2.0 as long as you attribute and link to www.viewfinderpanoramas.org and openmtbmap.org

The sale or distribution of the openmtbmap contourline maps is not allowed! Non commercial distribution not asking for any service charge or other charges (also not cost of shipping or cost of hardware) while telling and keeping the above copyright rights, is allowed.

- gmt.exe

Attention: gmt.exe has it's own copyright (file: Copyright gmt.exe.txt). gmt.exe is part of gmaptool and can be found here: http://www.anpo.republika.pl/download.html#gmaptool
 

 

 

 

Programs to Display the VeloMap

For anyone on the good side of earth velomap.org maps are shown in  Qlandkarte_GT.  QLandkarte GT is compatible with all  big OS (Linux, MacOSx and well Windows too). Linux users can alternatively install Mapsource in WINE. Note .exe can be unpacked with 7zip (lzma compression).

Mapsource – I currenlty recommend to use 6.16.3 or higher.  Earlier Mapsource versions do not show all ways and streets and are therefore not usable with the VeloMaps. Alternatively Basecamp 3 (best 3.2 or higher) is also a good program to display the maps.

Mac OSx users please use Qlandkarte GT (no map conversion needed) or convert maps and use Basecamp 3 or Roadtrip: convert-maps-for-mac-os-x-roadtrip/

 

 

Problems – Help – Tutorials

A Beginners Guide can be found here: get started with VeloMaps

Install Mapsource: tutorials/install-mapsource/

To install the maps, just run the .exe. (note you can unpack the .exe with 7zip)

              Alternative: use create_mapsource_installationfiles.bat to create new installationfiles.

Alternative: Install maps with gmaptool: tutorials/install/gmaptool-install-maps/

Send Maps to GPS with Mapsource: tutorials/send-maps-to-your-gps/mapsource/

I recommend to always send maps to an external data card and not internal memory. (this way if something goes wrong, or maps would be damaged you run less danger of wrecking your GPS).

Alternative: Use create_gmapsupp.img.bat and place the newly created gmapsupp.img into /garmin folder on your GPS. Address search cannot be included this way.

Send maps to GPS with mkgmap (for Unix users): tutorials/send-maps-to-your-gps/mkgmap/

You can also send maps to your GPS with QlandkarteGT

Mapsource Error / debug Mapsource: There is a problem with the MapSource registry. Please re-install Mapsoures and start again   Solve with Mapsource Fix Or with Mapset Toolkit

Please also read the FAQ

 

 

 Current Issues

- The address search is more or less working correctly now (problems related to OSM address data crazyness excluded). Some problems with Umlauts may happen though.

- General: Autorouting over (very) long distances on GPS works only with Via Points. If you plan your routes on a PC solve this issue with WinGDB: plan-routes/

- Autorouting needs attributes like tracktype, lanes, routes, smoothness, class:bicycle and others to work well. So keep care to enter those details into OSM. (not all are needed, but enough for me to guesstimate wheter a street is cyclefriendly/mtbriendly or not).

- Non Connected ways and overlapping ways without node, this is the main problem and a problem of the underlaying map data – please check here: http://keepright.ipax.at/report_map.php

Only check/enable: "allmost Junctions" , "intersections without junctions" as well as "overlapping ways". This helps you to quickly spot the erros. You can then follow the link to Potlatch (or also JOSM is integrated for JOSM users) and quickly correct mistakes!

Watch out not to connect ways that are not connected in reality (i.e. a way crosses another on a brigde, here no connecting node is the right solution).

- If you use Windows 2000 you need to install the "reg" command : Reg cmd at Microsoft if you want to run the batchfiles (.bat files). The Batches are incompatible to earlier Windows versions.

- Note sometimes sea is missing. This is not an issue, but currently not differently possible. It is usually a problem in OSM data.

 

 

 Notice on Updating Maps

Just run the velomap_country_setup.exe again.

 

Overlapping maps in border regions

While you can join maps of different countries, routing over the boundary is a bit shaky, and you will have one map overlaying the other with white background. As long as mkgmap cannot create randomly shaped overview maps (currently only rectangles), this problem is not solvable. There is however the possiblity to download a Europe map, which will be updated every 4-6 weeks. Get Europe Map here (donation needed): www.velomap.org/support/europe-map/

 

Maps

To install unzip and run "VeloMap_country_setup.exe", Qlandkarte GT users only need to unzip (7-zip lzma compresion) and open the map via Qlandkarte GT (choose .tdb and osmmap*.img).

Note 1: older GPS (non touchscreen) run slower the more maps are inside memory. For 60CSx or Vista/Legend HCx I recommend to not use more than 2 GB of maps, else your GPS gets slow.

Note 2: Address Search should work more or less correctly now on all GPS and Garmin Software. Address search only works if maps are sent with Mapsource/Basecamp.

 

Map Legend

  • velomap – Legend for Mapsource/Qlandkarte_GT Installation
  • For the map legend in OSM format and the style-files, please look at the SVN (see FAQ)

 

Continents map downloads:

 

Africa map downloads:

 

North America map downloads:

 

 

Europe map downloads:

Contourlines (height lines) are available as seperate downloads – please scroll down to: contourlines

German Bundeslaender:

 

Contourlines

Please note, at the boundaries there might be some artefacts. I cannot change this currently. The interval of the contourlines is 20m. Note DEM creation is not yet possible. Where Available I have used DEM data from viewfinderpanoramas.org. This data is of much higher quality than other DEM sources, however I cannot publish this data under CCBYSA 2.0 – therefore the copyright of the contourline data remains with viewfinderpanoramas.org and I cannot include this data into the normal map downloads. See the quality differences here: www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/

On Basecamp 3 contourlines will be visible as on GPS and not disappear.  You have to create the installationfiles by using create_mapsource_installationfiles_with_mkgmap.bat (which requires you to install Java JRE 6, and download mkgmap). Alternatively you can also use create_mapsource_installationfiles.bat (requires installation of cgpsmapper as maptk is not possible anymore) – but it has some drawbacks.

Contourlines are seperate transparent maps that can be installed separately from the openmtbmaps. They will be shown on top of any other map on your GPS.

 

Contourlines as .exe Installable Map

 

.TYP-Files – influence Layout and Contrast

On installation you can choose the layout of the maps. Traditional layout is for Qlandkarte GT, Mapsource and Basecamp and offers a good layout  with medium contrast and design for big screens. On the GPS the "velo" layout offers high contrast for best orientation while riding your bike or hiking. To change layout simply rerun the installer.

You can change typfiles, and therefore the map colours, to your liking by using http://www.maptk.dnsalias.com/ to adapt the .typ files. Do not use  http://ati.land.cz/gps/typdecomp/editor.cgi because it is not fully compatible and may corrupt the typfile.

 

Feedback

Please comment if you like theese maps or even better tell other people about them (forums, blog about it, twitter, etc…) In case maps break Mapsource or don't work – please write exactly which downloads don't work and the time of download as well as your OS and Mapsource version.. Please note, I will delete your comment without notice if it is explained here http://velomap.org/download/#problems-help-tutorials or in the FAQ

Please don't comment about a download link not working but instead resort to the server directly. Comments concerning this will be deleted (except whole Server/Mirror down).

 

 

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