mkgmap Changelog

What's new in mkgmap 2468

Jan 31, 2013
  • o5m files are now supported.
  • House numbers can now be written and displayed on the map and used in address searches, although they are only supported when the input is in the Polish format.
  • There are many performance and memory usage improvements as well as plenty of bugfixes.

New in mkgmap 2179 (Jan 23, 2012)

  • This release can finally create an address index which works on a GPS device without using any third party software.
  • Also new is a compiler for custom type files and an option to create points of interest along a line.
  • Improvements include creating only a single point of interest from a polygon and even better performance.

New in mkgmap 1995 (Jul 22, 2011)

  • The global index file is now much improved.
  • It is possible to find streets even when cities have the same name in different regions.
  • The program now works on the newer Nuvi models.
  • Much larger output file sizes are now supported and various bugs with particular intermediate sizes were eliminated.
  • Lots of work has been done to get non-Latin character sets working, particularly Arabic.
  • Many other minor bug fixes and improvements were made.

New in mkgmap 1088 (Sep 21, 2009)

  • Shields are displayed on highways.
  • Extended/Marine types have been added, providing more line types.
  • A new option, make-cycleways, to synthesise cycle ways on roads that have a separate cycle lane has been added.
  • There are many bugfixes and routing improvements.
  • This will be the last release that works with Java 1.5.