Could generated files be exported to .gmap or .gmapi format for installation and import to Garmin HomePort for Mac and other applications? In most cases a windows installer is limited to Windows computers, the .gmap and .gmapi formats are from Garmin meant to be platform independent, and should work with any Garmin Map display and Map Installation software independent of OS platform. |
As far as I know, the mkgmap tool is used to generate the charts in Garmin format. From the website, I don't see anything about .gmap or .gmapi file format support.Being a Linux-only user, I don't know anything about HomePort for Mac - I'm always using the MS-variant of the OpenSeaMap Garmin-charts in combination with Qlandkarte GT. This works by simply unzipping the archive and then opening the .tdb file. No weird 'installation' or whatsoever required.Does HomePort support reading this format? If no, would Qlandkarte GT be a viable alternative for you? |
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Hum, I totally forgot about that site. As they're stating 'Generic Nautical (non-routable)' among the choices (greyed out in my case), maybe we could just contact them if they're interested to do the map-generation for us? Do we have any contact to the people running that site?
Generating Garmin charts is currently mostly looked after by Christian Wagner. I can check back on the server that is doing this job for the scripts and will add them to this repository here.. |
Note exactly sure who is responsible, but they reply requests on the forum |