GPSSC - Trekbuddy view - Using Maperitive to create an atlas.
Maperitive can export OpenStreetMap maps as a .mbtiles file. You can then convert that with my MapMirage program into a Trekbuddy atlas.
My MapMirage program is here.
The Maperitive program is on the authers web site here.
Maperitive produces very good quality sharp tiles and makes nice maps. It does not require Java. It's only needs Windows dotnet 4 or later to be able to run.
It's slow to zoom but you can get around that by using command line text commmands inside the program.
Maperitive can generate .mbtiles files from the web, a local OSM XML file or a local GPX file.
Some example command line text commmands are:
Reposition the map:
move-pos x=-1 y=52
Export a map area to a .mbtiles file:
generate-mbtiles minzoom=5 maxzoom=16 file=F:\atlases-M\Berks\Berks.mbtiles
Change the map zoom:
zoom-map-scale 50000
Full instructions for using the generate-mbtiles command are on the authers web site here.
The quickest way to generate an .mbtiles atlas is to download the area you want using the
OpenStreetMap Overpass API
In Maperitive use the load-source command to load the downloaded .osm file.
e.g. load-source "C:\Oxford.osm"
and then generate the .mbriles file with a generate-mbtiles command.
gpssc.zip 3.5 Mbyte - see requirements
Unzip the file to your c: drive using 7Zip or any other unzip utilityBack to the main GPSSC web page
Last updated 14 July 2015.