cGPSmapper Manual
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Contents
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CONTENTS ..................................................................................................................2
2
INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................5
2.1
P
URPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT
..................................................................................5
2.2
B
ASIC
C
ONCEPTS
.....................................................................................................5
2.2.1
What is Polish Format (PFM)?...................................................................... 5
2.2.2
What is cGPSmapper?.................................................................................... 5
2.2.3
What is sendmap?........................................................................................... 5
2.3
D
OCUMENT
C
ONVENTIONS
......................................................................................5
2.3.1
PFM Code ...................................................................................................... 5
2.3.2
cGPSmapper versions .................................................................................... 6
2.4
M
ANUAL
A
UTHORS
.................................................................................................6
3
OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................7
4
MAP PROJECT ...........................................................................................................8
4.1
M
AP
C
REATION
.......................................................................................................8
4.2
PFM
SYNTAX
D
ESCRIPTION
.....................................................................................8
4.2.1
Header ............................................................................................................ 9
4.2.2
Declarations ................................................................................................. 14
4.2.2.1
Countries........................................................................................................................................ 14
4.2.2.2
Regions .......................................................................................................................................... 14
4.2.2.3
Cities .............................................................................................................................................. 15
4.2.2.4
Chart Info
....................................................................................................................................... 15
4.2.3
Advanced Declarations................................................................................. 17
4.2.3.1
Background .................................................................................................................................... 17
4.2.3.2
Dictionary ...................................................................................................................................... 17
4.2.3.3
Highways ....................................................................................................................................... 18
4.2.3.4
ZIP Codes....................................................................................................................................... 18
4.2.3.5
Definitions...................................................................................................................................... 18
4.2.4
Body (Objects) .............................................................................................. 18
4.2.4.1
Point of Interest.............................................................................................................................. 18
4.2.4.2
Polygon .......................................................................................................................................... 20
4.2.4.3
Polyline .......................................................................................................................................... 22
4.2.4.4
Point of Interest from OziExplorer................................................................................................. 23
4.2.4.5
Polyline or Polygon from OziExplorer........................................................................................... 23
4.2.4.6
Shapes ............................................................................................................................................ 24
4.2.4.7
MapDekode file.............................................................................................................................. 28
4.2.4.8
File ................................................................................................................................................. 29
4.2.5
Object elevation............................................................................................ 29
4.2.6
Road numbers............................................................................................... 30
4.3
M
ARINE
C
HARTS
...................................................................................................31
4.4
L
EVELS
..................................................................................................................39
4.4.1
Introduction .................................................................................................. 39
4.4.2
Concepts and Terminology........................................................................... 40
4.4.3
Using levels when defining map objects....................................................... 42
4.4.3.1
Tailoring shape according to level. ................................................................................................ 43
4.4.4
Idiosyncrasies of GPS hardware .................................................................. 44
4.5
D
ICTIONARY
..........................................................................................................44
4.5.1
Introduction .................................................................................................. 44
