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cGPSmapper Manual
1 Contents
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COTETS .................................................................................................................. 2
2
ITRODUCTIO ........................................................................................................ 5
2.1
PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT .................................................................................. 5
2.2
BASIC CONCEPTS ..................................................................................................... 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
DOCUMENT CONVENTIONS ...................................................................................... 5
2.3.1
PFM Code ...................................................................................................... 5
2.3.2
cGPSmapper versions .................................................................................... 6
2.4
MANUAL AUTHORS ................................................................................................. 6
3
OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................. 7
4
MAP PROJECT ........................................................................................................... 8
4.1
MAP CREATION ....................................................................................................... 8
4.2
PFM SYNTAX DESCRIPTION..................................................................................... 8
4.2.1
Header ............................................................................................................ 9
4.2.2
Declarations ................................................................................................. 15
4.2.2.1
4.2.2.2
4.2.2.3
4.2.2.4
4.2.3
4.2.3.1
4.2.3.2
4.2.3.3
4.2.3.4
4.2.3.5
4.2.4
4.2.4.1
4.2.4.2
4.2.4.3
4.2.4.4
4.2.4.5
4.2.4.6
4.2.4.7
4.2.4.8
Countries ........................................................................................................................................ 15
Regions........................................................................................................................................... 15
Cities .............................................................................................................................................. 16
Chart Info ....................................................................................................................................... 16
Advanced Declarations................................................................................. 18
Background .................................................................................................................................... 18
Dictionary....................................................................................................................................... 18
Highways........................................................................................................................................ 18
ZIP Codes....................................................................................................................................... 18
Definitions...................................................................................................................................... 18
Body (Objects) .............................................................................................. 18
Point of Interest .............................................................................................................................. 19
Polygon .......................................................................................................................................... 21
Polyline .......................................................................................................................................... 23
Point of Interest from OziExplorer ................................................................................................. 24
Polyline or Polygon from OziExplorer........................................................................................... 24
Shapes ............................................................................................................................................ 25
MapDekode file.............................................................................................................................. 30
File ................................................................................................................................................. 30
4.2.5
Object elevation............................................................................................ 30
4.2.6
Road numbers ............................................................................................... 31
4.2.7
Special codes for object labels ..................................................................... 32
4.3
MARINE CHARTS ................................................................................................... 34
4.4
LEVELS .................................................................................................................. 42
4.4.1
Introduction .................................................................................................. 42
4.4.2
Concepts and Terminology........................................................................... 43
4.4.3
Using levels when defining map objects....................................................... 45
4.4.3.1
Tailoring shape according to level.................................................................................................. 46
4.4.4
Idiosyncrasies of GPS hardware .................................................................. 47
4.5
DICTIONARY .......................................................................................................... 47
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