Thread: TYP files collection

Little details make the map perfect :-)

My CN 2015.20 above contains two little inconsistencies:

- lake (see pic)
- some narrow streams being displayed in dark blue

Attached corrected definitions...

Took a look at the special typ files functionality. Added more and more POIs up to the point where I found inconsistencies in the maps themselves.
Seems as if garmin people categorize differently from country to country.

Found a few missing defs in MPCTypes (I know it contains already tons of info) and minor inconsistencies. Question: Does Garmin change their defs all the time? Or does one map use def X for one thing and the other map the same def X for a completely different one??

Nevertheless I attach my results, TYPs for CN 2015.20 and Swiss Topo. See images for an overview of definitions.

Originally Posted by rametto

Found a few missing defs in MPCTypes (I know it contains already tons of info) and minor inconsistencies.

The MPCTypes.txt is intended for maps created by means of MPC only.
Garmin does not use the MPC to create CN Europe and Swiss Topo maps, so all your missing defs and minor inconsistencies don't relate to the MPCTypes.

@rametto

As Cnfhbr says, the MPCTypes.txt comes from the program named Mapsource Product Creator (MPC).
The categories and types written in this files are the categories and files suggested and used by MPC.
So if you create a map by means of MPC and if you respect those suggestions, you map will match the categories and types of MPCTypes.txt.

But if you use MPC and do not respect this or if you do not use MPC, you probably assign other types to the objects of your map and the MPCTypes.txt does not apply in this case.

Question: Does Garmin change their defs all the time?

Maybe not all the time but sometimes yes

Or does one map use def X for one thing and the other map the same def X for a completely different one??

yes it is possible, even in official Garmin maps.

Originally Posted by sherco40

@rametto
Maybe not all the time but sometimes yes

yes it is possible, even in official Garmin maps.

K, thx, I get the picture. So MPC-map-creators will stick to MPCTypes and all the maps use that. Nice!
But Garmin does not have that and there's no order over all maps??
Well, I might spend hours again with lovely TYPViewer for the next map next year