Thread: TYP files, creating and editing with TYPWiz

There is a new version of this excellent tool avalible:

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"At a glance you can see all your POIs,Polygons and Highways with their label colours,if any
Import Pictures of all sizes and number of colours
Copy and Paste pictures from the internet
Bitmap rotation & colour processing tools
POIs up to 48x48 , not just 32x32
POIs with as many colours as you like, not just 256
Truecolor POIs with degrees of opacity / transparency - a first!
Uses its own TYP compiler
All elements are compiled in line with Garmin's latest TYP file developments . For more information see my TYP file format.
Imports text files from major TYP editors
TYPWiz's extra features influenced mkgmap's txt to typ convertor
Fully supports POIs with zero colours ideal, for centralising text - xpm = '0 0 0 0' , see manual for details
Day and night POIs in colormodes 0,16 & 32
Includes a robust text importer
Preserves Headers
Shows POIs of latest GMP TYP files"

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