Problems in Mapsource with completed maps

[erik.the.awful]

Okay so I have a test set of maps I've compiled and converted to .img format. They look spot on in GPSmapedit but when I go to load them up in mapsource the program crashes at the 3 mile zoom and refuses to load onto the microsd card. Did notice when I looked again at the unconverted .mp files that under the verify map option the water data and federal lands says "polygon contour intersects with other polygon" is this the problem or is it a zoom issue. With the zoom levels from the header/dictonary file in the tutorial cGPSmapper wouldn't run saying that the zoom levels needed to be ascending. Where did I go wrong and is this why cGPSmapper ran so long on my maps?

-Erik

[maps4gps]

   I never used the verify map option, however intersecting polygons between natural and 'manmade'  objects are quite common, ie. any stream wide enough to be shown with opposite shorelines or waterbody in two or more counties/states or inside and outside of a park, etc will have intersecting boundary lines.
   

[erik.the.awful]

Actually I see what the problem was now, the symptom at least not the cause/ Mapset toolkit is terminating its build of my preview files for some reason. Any ideas what could have gone wrong? I seem to have done something wrong during building of my maps. As I said they look good in mapedit but when loaded using the mapswel uploader nothing displays and it wiped out my road map too. I followed the turtorial as best as possible while using topoprocess. Is it possible that there is a problem with the dictonary file?

[-Oz-]

Make sure that you actually got a header.

When my computer gets low on memory it just stops including the dictionary header which just throws things way outta wack.  I check each time with notepad++ and make sure the header is there.

Did you modify the dictionary header I used in any way?

[erik.the.awful]

Yeah I can see it on the map properties page on mapedit, I had to change the zoom levels to get cgpsmapper to run, might be the problem, said that they had to be ascending

What are the proper levels to have set?

-Erik

[-Oz-]

Open the file with notepad++ and check and make sure your header looks like this:

[IMG ID]
ID=
Name=Arizona Topo
DrawPriority=31
LBLcoding=6
Codepage=0
Marine=N
Elevation=f
Copyright=2008 Dan Blomberg
Preprocess=F
POIIndex=Y
Transparent=N
TreSize=1000
RgnLimit=1024
Levels=5
Level0=23
Level1=22
Level2=20
Level3=18
Level4=17
Zoom0=0
Zoom1=1
Zoom2=2
Zoom3=3
Zoom4=4
[END-IMG ID]

[DICTIONARY]
EndLevel=3
;  1  Interstate       23  ?
;  2  US Highway       24  Stream
;  3  State Highway    25  Time/Zone
;  4  Arterial Road    26  Ferry
;  5  Arterial Road    27  Ferry
;  6  Residential Rd   28  Political Boundary
;  7  Alley            29  County Boundary
;  8  Ramp             30  International Boundary
;  9  Ramp             31  River
; 10  Unpaved Road     32  Contour - Minor
; 11  Highway Cnctr    33  Contour - Inter
; 12  Roundabout       34  Contour - Major
; 13  ?                35  Depth Contour - Minor
; 14  ?                36  Depth Contour - Inter
; 15  ?                37  Depth Contour - Major
; 16  ?                38  Intermittent River
; 17  ?                39  Airport Runway
; 18  ?                40  Pipeline
; 19  ?                41  Powerline
; 20  Railroad         42  Marine Boundary (no line)
; 21  Shoreline        43  Marine Hazard (no line)
; 22  Trail
;
;           0        1         2         3         4
;           1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123
Level0RGN40=1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111
Level1RGN40=1111111111111111111111111111111011111011111
Level2RGN40=1111100110100000000110010001001001000000000
Level3RGN40=1111100000100000000000000001001000000000000
;
;
;  1 City              23 City Park         45                   67 Lake
;  2 City              24 Golf              46                   68 Lake
;  3 City              25 Sport             47                   69 Blue-Unknown
;  4 Military          26 Cemetery          48                   70 River
;  5 Parking Lot       27                   49                   71 River
;  6 Parking Garage    28 Ocean             50                   72 River
;  7 Airport           29                   51                   73 River
;  8 Shopping Center   30 State Park        52                   74
;  9 Marina            31 State Park        53                   75 Background
; 10 University        32 State Park        54                   76 Intermittent Water
; 11 Hospital          33                   55                   77 Glacier
; 12 Industrial        34                   56                   78 Orchard
; 13 Reservation       35                   57                   79 Scrub
; 14 Airport Runway    36                   58                   80 Woods
; 15                   37                   59 Blue-Unknown      81 Wetland
; 16                   38                   60 Lake              82 Tundra
; 17                   39                   61 Lake              83 Flats
; 18                   40                   62 Lake
; 19 Manmade Aeea      41                   63 Lake
; 20 National Park     42                   64 Lake
; 21 National Park     43                   65 Lake
; 22 National Park     44                   66 Lake
;
;           0        1         2         3         4         5         6         7         8
;           12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123
Level0RGN80=11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111
Level1RGN80=11110010000111000011111101010111000000010000000000000000001111111111111110011111111
Level2RGN80=11110000000010000001110000010111000000010000000000000000001111111111111110000000000
Level3RGN80=00000000000000000001110000010111000000010000000000000000001111111111111110000000000
;
; 01-11   Cities/towns
; 59      Airports
; 64      Manmade features (Cemeteris, mines, dams, etc.)
; 65      Water features (Falls, etc.)
; 66      Land features (summits, etc.)
;
;           0              1               2               3               4               5               6               7
;           123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0
Level0RGN10=1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111
Level1RGN10=1111111111111111100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000100000000001010000000000
Level2RGN10=1111111111111111100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000100000000000010000000000
Level3RGN10=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
;
;           0              1               2               3               4               5               6               7
;           123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0
Level0RGN20=1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111
Level1RGN20=1111111111111111100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000100000000001010000000000
Level2RGN20=1111111111111111100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000100000000000010000000000
Level3RGN20=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
[END DICTIONARY]

Make sure the ID= has a 8 digit number filled in and change the name of the map.  Try to compile then.

[-Oz-]

Make sure the ID= has a 9 digit number filled in and change the name of the map.  Try to compile then.

9 digit ID? I thought ID's were 8 digits.

8, didn't I say 8 :-D

Good catch