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The problem of vector maps (Garmin IMG)

bobiko shared this problem 9 years ago
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Since the last update, the application is very slow reads vector maps that are placed on the SD card. Vector maps are typically the Garmin device but until recently seamlessly in Locus.


It is a pity that the problem I noticed during the trip in the Jizera - a lot of hours too late. So far there was no problem: (.


I hope you are working on the improvement / restoration speed, because I lose both confidence and desire to advertise the application of Friends of cyclists.


Sample map GPS Wielkopolska -> http://www.gpswielkopolska.pl/files/slady_gps/gpswielkopolska_mapa.zip


Device: Samsung Galaxy S3

OS: Kitkat 4.4.4 (ArchiDroid 2.5.1 based on CM11)

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Good day bobiko,


1. Garmin IMG maps are not officially supported and it's support may change from version to version


2. I'm checking a code and around Garming vector maps was not done any changes for last few months


3. I'm testing your map and it's speed is same as for other img maps I have for testing purpose and it's also same as was versions before. I see no significant different.


4. Becuase you use alternative rom which is based on another alternative rom, I should rather check if there is not any decreased performance in reading data from your SD card or any problem with card itself.

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I can confirm there's been a significant regression with Garmin .img maps in 3.1.


I'm using this map (sorry, huge file) and after the update some tiles refuse to render at all, no matter how long I wait.


Same behavior with both Moto G and Nexus 7, both using stock firmware, and the same map works just fine with OruxMaps so there's definitely nothing wrong with the file or mass storage systems on the devices.


Attached screenshots of the same view from 3.0.2 and 3.1.3.

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Interesting,


Weird is that I did not do any changes to rendering of Garmin IMG files. Anyway thanks for a file, I'll check it!

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Juha,


sorry, but no problem on my device also. Everything works

fast as usually and without any missing tiles. I suggest to give locus a

while or if you want, you should try to create me a log by this method

http://docs.locusmap.eu/doku.php?id=manual:faq:how_to_create_debug_log .

But I cannot promise there will be something useful ...

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Really strange. I tried removing all addons, uninstalled and reinstalled and deleted all data and cache, no difference.


The unresponsive tiles are apparently not random, but always the same across restarts, etc. Zoom level matters too, on some no tiles at all seem to work, and on some most are okay but it seems there's always a couple missing.


Both of us with the problem seem to be using Android 4.4 devices, could this be OS related, any chance your test device happens to use older version?


I sent some debug logs to the support e-mail address (issue #5277), both android-generated and those created by Locus when using the miscellanous setting for that.

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I have Android 4.1.2 (Xcover2) and I can confirm that the MTK map does not work. At zoom 17 some tiles are shown, at 18 more tiles. It seems that city blocks are shown well, nature not.
My phone has about 500Mb free internal memory (I cleared most of the caches of other apps), could this be the problem when handling such a large map?
On the other hand Garmin Dakota 20 isn't a high performance device, the map is on external SD-card (as in the Xcover) and internal memory is 1GB (I don't know how much is available). Dakota can show the map on all zoom levels and is reasonably fast (about 1-2s delay when panning at smaller (zoom levels)

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Ah gotcha ... with published version I have same problem. Issue was caused by Proguard app (if you know). Thank you! It's fixed now and will work as expected in next version.


Maps were slow also because of this problem, because on background was quite a lot of errors that dramatically slowed whole rendering.


Thanks guys for a help!

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Please, kindly advise how to install these maps on Locus so as they apper on the website with the elevation contours:


http://garmin.opentopomap.org/#download


Thanks

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Good day Martin,

there is currently no application for Android that perfectly support Garmin IMG maps. Probably best in this moment is OruxMaps. You may try it in Locus Map, but don't expect much.

How to install: simply copy *.img map file into Locus/mapsVector directory and they should automatically appear in list of your offline maps after restart of app.

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After downloading a map from OpenTopoMap in Garmin IMG format, it includes a file with the following information:

OpenTopoMap Garmin Edition

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Topographical vector map for Garmin devices from OpenStreetMap data

Under the free, non-commercial license CC-BY-NC-SA

http://garmin.opentopomap.org


## Installation Guide:

# For etrex 20/30 etc:

Copy the two image files (OpenTopoMap country map and treble lines) to the SD card in the "Garmin" folder.

# For etrex Legend / Vista etc:

Rename the OpenTopoMap country map to "gmapsupp.img" and copy it to the "Garmin" folder on the SD card. Unfortunately, the old Garmin devices can only load a single card file, so no additional heights.

I may be wrong but I believe neither Locus Map or OruxMaps supports the "second file" which contains "treble lines". I think "treble lines" is translated from German and refers to (in English) contour lines.

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Good day Taras,

this is very interesting and completely new information for me. I may confirm that file with contour lines won't on 99% work within Locus Map, sorry.

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