Thread: Mapwel - GPS Mapping Software

Mapwel 2012, Build 8.9
Enhancements and fixes:
- Fix to downloader tool (connection to new OpenStreetMap servers).

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Enhancements and fixes:
- Support of nuvi 34xx, 25xx, eTrex 20/30 and other new units;
- Mapwel and MapUpload compiled in new environment - intermediate step to native 64-bit version in a near future;
- Fix to various problems caused by user logged not as administrator;
- Added Hungarian EOV projection and HD72 datum.

Can mapwell convert klm or kmz files to img files .

Main menu > Image > Import Calibrated Image from KML or KMZ File > Automatic Vectorization (to *.img format) > Send map from Mapwel to GPS.

Technical notes:

Number of auto-vectorized maps can be loaded into GPS at once. Auto-vectorized maps can be exported into IMG format and combined with any other GPS maps. Current version of Mapwel software supports max. 86 colors for autovectorization.

Assign different Map Set Data to all auto-vectorized maps you create. This ensures displaying of map with correct colors in the GPS. GPS uses the same color palette for all maps in a map set. Therefore, maps with different palettes are not displayed correctly if they have the same Map Set Data.

Warning: you have to set map detail in GPS to 'Most' (default value is 'Normal') to see autovectorized map in full detail. Otherwise, only a large colored squares are visible. Autovectorized map is supposed to be rendered in full detail at zoom 800 m and closer.

Anyone aware of similar tool that does "Automatic conversion of whole raster image to vectors (i.e. Garmin img)"? I mean similar to bmap2mp or mapwel but with more advanced functionality. 86 colors for raster imagery (Mapwel upper limit for now) is not sufficient for very good maps. Thank you!

found cured release of MapWel 5.5
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Originally Posted by efsdfs

found cured release of MapWel 5.5

This is a very old version with constrained functions. It doesn't support routing and many other things ...

Originally Posted by efsdfs

Or may be you can point me to a newer release of cra ck?

I don't know. I use the registered version of Mapwel, sorry ...

Mapwel versus GPSMapEdit and cGpsMapper?

Questions:
1) What is lost when importing an MP file?
2) What map/GPS features can MapWel implement that GPSMapEdit and cGpsMapper cannot?

I have a lot of time invested in building a local map with GPSMapEdit. The limitations I ran into first are the limited POI categories and Search Intersections - compared with other professional map products for Garmin.

I just installed the Garmin tool to play with. I'm sure it can do everything. 2 problems. First is the conversion from MP looks tedious. Second is if I ever want to do something legitimate with it - the cost is a show stopper.

MapWel advanced is affordable - IF it is worth conversion.

Originally Posted by asjogren

I have a lot of time invested in building a local map with GPSMapEdit.

If you've mastered full well the creation of maps by dint of GPSMapEdit + cGPSmapper, you'd better try a chain: GPSMapEdit + [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] + [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] (IMHO)