creating IMG files

[dp7x]

Hello
I don't know if this is the right place to ask, but I try.
I would like to create a IMG file of freemap central Italy to use on garmin devices.
Can you tell me if this is allowed and how to do it?

Thank you in advance

[kaylesk]

Hi,
it is allowed, OSM data are open. This is just rough description of the process.

You need JAVA to run splitter and mkgmap (https://www.mkgmap.org.uk/download/mkgmap.html) and osmosis to merge countors.

1. download data from http://download.geofabrik.de/europe/italy.html
2. run java -jar splitter.jar map_data_file.osm.pbf and copy new file areas.list file into fixdata/template.areas.list
3. you need "fixdata/template.sk.args" (can send you current SK, but you must change family id)
4. no contours, remove row with osmosis merging "inputdata/10m-100-50_SRTM1_SK.osm.pbf", if you need contours look at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Phyghtmap

Generate latin1 version of maps, not utf, some devices don't like when.

[dp7x]

Hello Kaylesk, thank you for your fast answer
I downloaded all the files, but I don't understand where I can find "fixdata/template.sk.args". Can you help me ?

[kaylesk]

Here is sample file for template.sk.args: sample_template.sk.args.txt
Please add missing data as mapname, family-name, family-id: ...
Details in mkgmap manual - https://www.mkgmap.org.uk/doc/options