As stated in our FAQ section, it is possible to add additional map sources by modifying the MapSources.xml file.
In this post I would like to list up online map sources which do work with NaviComputer/NaviMapper. Please share your additional map sources here if you found any.
There are probably many maps of specific regions/countries available somewhere in the internet.
There is only one condition: Please always confirm that the copyright holder of the map allows to use, download and store the map free of charge. Discussions about map sources which do not allow users to store their maps (like Google) will be deleted.
Let me start with some maps of European countries I found:
ÖPNV Karte
Area: Germany
Description: Based on openstreetmap. Contains all public railway, subway and bus lines.
MapSources.xml:
<MapSource ID="OpenÖPNVMap"><Copyright>OpenStreetMap.org</Copyright>
<MinZoom>1</MinZoom>
<MaxZoom>17</MaxZoom>
<TileUrl>http://tile.xn--pnvkarte-m4a.de/tilegen/%z/%x/%y.png</TileUrl>
</MapSource>
OpenSeaMap
Area: Germany
Description: Based on openstreetmap. Contains additional seamarks.
Using MapMerge script by Horst. Please visit http://mapmerge.recomedia.de/ for more information and copyright info.
MapSources.xml:
<MapSource ID="OpenSeaMap"><Copyright>OpenStreetMap.org and contributors</Copyright>
<MinZoom>1</MinZoom>
<MaxZoom>17</MaxZoom>
<TileUrl>http://mapmerge.recomedia.de/openseamap.php?z=%z&x=%x&y=%y</TileUrl>
</MapSource>
Freemap Slovakia
Area: Slavakia
Description: Based on openstreetmap.
MapSources.xml:
<MapSource ID="FreemapSlovakia"><Copyright>www.freemap.sk</Copyright>
<MinZoom>1</MinZoom>
<MaxZoom>17</MaxZoom>
<TileUrl>http://www.freemap.sk/layers/allinone/?/BN/%z/%x/%y.png</TileUrl>
</MapSource>
Wander-, Fahrrad- und Reit-Karte
Area: Germany, Zoom levels 6 – 17
Description: Good hiking/biking/riding map
Using MapMerge script by Horst. Please visit http://mapmerge.recomedia.de/ for more information and copyright info.
MapSources.xml:
<MapSource ID="Wander-, Fahrrad- und Reit-Karte"><Copyright>OpenStreetMap.org and contributors</Copyright>
<MinZoom>6</MinZoom>
<MaxZoom>17</MaxZoom>
<TileUrl>http://mapmerge.recomedia.de/openrwfk.php?z=%z&x=%x&y=%y</TileUrl>
</MapSource>
Outdooractive Germany
Area: Germany, Zoom levels 8 – 17
Description: Good hiking/biking map
MapSources.xml:
<MapSource ID="OutdoorActiveGermany"><Copyright>outdooractive.com</Copyright>
<MinZoom>8</MinZoom>
<MaxZoom>17</MaxZoom>
<TileUrl>http://t1.outdooractive.com/portal/map/%z/%x/%y.png</TileUrl>
</MapSource>
Outdooractive Austria
Area: Austria, Zoom levels 8 – 17
Description: Good hiking/biking map
MapSources.xml:
<MapSource ID="OutdoorActiveAustria"><Copyright>outdooractive.com</Copyright>
<MinZoom>8</MinZoom>
<MaxZoom>17</MaxZoom>
<TileUrl>http://t1.outdooractive.com/austria/map/%z/%x/%y.png</TileUrl>
</MapSource>
Outdooractive South Tyrol
Area: South Tyrol, Italy, Zoom levels 8 – 17
Description: Good hiking/biking map
MapSources.xml:
<MapSource ID="OutdoorActiveSuedtirol"><Copyright>outdooractive.com</Copyright>
<MinZoom>8</MinZoom>
<MaxZoom>17</MaxZoom>
<TileUrl>http://t1.outdooractive.com/suedtirol/map/%z/%x/%y.png</TileUrl>
</MapSource>
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did anyone make the xlm for http://www.openfietskaart.nl
Hi everybody,
@heinz-57: Update means "update to the blog", not "update to the software". In order to use the additional map sources, you will need to add to your configuration file MapSources.xml, located in the installation directory of NaviComputer on your PocketPC.
@benny: http://map.search.ch/ seems easily doable. Will add a script to my site when I find time…
@Robert: Unfortunately freietonne is not as easy as OpenSeaMap, because it uses a so-called text layer instead of just graphical tile overlays. This is assembled from small icons and their individual coordinates. Of course, doing this in a PHP script is possible, but a lot more complicated thjat what I did in my scripts so far.
@Hans: http://www.openfietskaart.nl seems unreachable at the moment.
Greetings
Horst
Hi again,
the map tiles used in the mapmerge scripts have been published under various Creative Commons licenses. I am therfore obliged to attribute derivative works with the names of the original creators. In order to read these, and know what you can and cannot legally do with the merged tiles, please surf over to
http://www.recomedia.de/mapmerge/
After picking your preferred language, you can read the legal stuff as well as descriptions of available map sources and how to use them.
Greetings
Horst
Hi,
unfortunately, my web hoster has shut down recomedia.de domain. I am working on getting it online again, but in the meantime map sources based on the mapmerge set of server based scripts will not work. I apologize for the inconvenience, and will let you know when it is working again…
Greetings
Horst
I wonder if adding http://www.mapplus.ch is possible.
Andre
Andre says:
May 26, 2010 at 12:25 am
I wonder if adding http://www.mapplus.ch is possible.
Andre
Had you got it working? how?
mapplus.ch
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http://mpa3.mapplus.ch/swisstopo/%z/%x/%y.jpg
Thanks, Anonymous! Works great! I'm going for a hike Chamonix-Zermatt, so this is going to be extremely handy.
Andre
mapplus.ch
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http://mpa3.mapplus.ch/swisstopo/%z/%x/%y.jpg
Could you please post also the xml for "Normal" Streetmap? Thanks!
Hi everybody,
mapemerge is back to normal service with a new webhoster.
However, to better separate the mapmerge hobby site from the commercial stuff hosted on http://www.recomedia.de, all URLs changed from
http://www.recomedia.de/mapmerge/...
to
http://mapmerge.recomedia.de/...
So please update your MapSources.xml files accordingly, and everything should work as it used to before the server shutdown.
Please also visit http://mapmerge.recomedia.de/ to read the detailed instructions and the legal stuff.
Greetings
Horst
Hi everybody,
i found out, how to het Google Terrain workling with navimapper:
Google.com
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http://mt0.google.com/vt/v=w2p.106&x=%x&y=%y&z=%z&s=GALILEO
Greets,
Mathias
Also Google's satellite map is possible to download with parameter:
http://khm0.google.com/kh/v=49&x=%x&y=%y&z=%z&s=GALILEO
Cheers
Peter
please can u give more detail about how to dowload from google
becose when i copy this
Google.com
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http://mt0.google.com/vt/v=w2p.106/%x/%y/%z.png
it doesnt give me the map
THE SOLUTION IS TO REPLACE "&" BY "&" IN
http://khm0.google.com/kh/v=49&x=%x&y=%y&z=%z&s=GALILEO
& = &
&+amp;
&
to solve it see http://navicomputer.com/FAQ.php#_Toc251185261 question 16 in FAQ
My Navimap does recognize the source for mapplus.ch to a point. But when downloading the greater zoomtiles, I'm getting download errors. If I cancel and save the download, only part of the downloaded tiles are present in Navicomputer. Just the part I really needed. Any answers to this issue?
The area in question is the Aletsch glacier in Switerland. Everything east of the glacier is not downloaded
Thanks.
oops, wrong email adres.
My Navimap does recognize the source for mapplus.ch to a point. But when downloading the greater zoomtiles, I'm getting download errors. If I cancel and save the download, only part of the downloaded tiles are present in Navicomputer. Just the part I really needed. Any answers to this issue?
The area in question is the Aletsch glacier in Switerland. Everything east of the glacier is not downloaded
Thanks.
Hi!
I tried to add to map source http://www.Mapy.cz, but I have problem with TileUrl, can anyone help me?
I've tried
http://m1.mapserver.mapy.cz/ttur/%z/%x/%y.png
with zoom levels from 3 to 16, but it doesn't work
can any expert post the link of this map,
http://www2.map.gov.hk/gih3/index.jsp
Hi All (Especially Peter & Mathias)
Ur links both for goog terrain and goog earth works fine., but can u give me the parameter to download goog maps (i mean in map mode and not in terrain/ earth mode)?
pls help!!
Hi there!
Here's the xml for Google streets (Map):
OpenStreetMap.org and contributors
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http://mt0.google.com/vt/v=w2.106&hl=de&x=%x&s=&y=%y&z=%z&s=GALILEO
mapplus.ch would be perfect, but I guess not legal… It stops downloading after a few tiles.
Greets
Hi there,
Can anyone help me with the MapSources.xml. When I add new MapSource tag into xml, dropdown list in the Mapper app doesn't change at all. I even tried deleting default three sources and adding only one: my source, but default three are still displayed!
I am confused a bit.
I tried to delete the xml file that I am modifying, just to see if the app is reading some else file. In that case the app wont start. I receive an error message.
Why does the dropdown list remains the same?
NaviComputer seems to ignore entries containing Google adresses. I tried several ways of adding them, but either it crashes, doesn't show the map new map sources or doesnt download anything.
I think google maps are now free to download, since google itself published an app for that.
does anyone has a working link for bergfex (very good map)?
I hope anyone can make bergfex work great hikingmaps
http://nl.bergfex.com/
Is it possible to add my own custom maps? I have a great trail map and it would be great if I could scan it in, create the tiles, associate the tiles with the coordinates, then create a nmap file from this. Is there any other software that could help me with this?
openfietskaart.nl
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http://tile.openstreetmap.nl/osm/%z/%x/%y.png
Open fietskaart.nl
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http://tile.openstreetmap.nl/osm/%z/%x/%y.png
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hi
need some help with adding a map source in XML file.
try to get mapplus.ch to work in NaviMapper, but only thinks I get is one more source in NaviMaper bar, no any map appear on screen when mapplus.ch source is chosen.
Could somebady post full description for mapplus.ch line with streetmap view
thanks
Hello, does anybody know how to download Virtual Earth Maps (Satellite and Normal View) ? I am going to Crete in a few days and want to track some expeditions, but OSM and Google don't even closely reach the amount of streets available as Virtual Earth (Bing Maps). I have played around a lot with the Bing Maps Tile Server URI which you see when going to Bing Maps and running a tool like Live HTTP Headers in Firefox. I couldn't figure out how to modify the URL for NaviMapper software. Any help would be appreciated.
P.S. I have a WM device license, so caching the map data actually IS allowed in contradiction to caching Google Maps data.
Has anyone tried overlaying Google's Street and Satellite maps by editting the Mapsources.xml file? I've tried adding multiple TileUrls to one entry, but Navimapper doesn't seem to retrieve both sets of tiles properly.
plz help!
Hi,
Is there any possibility to include maps from the finnish site http://www.karttapaikka.fi in NaviComputer? The site can be switched to english (see bottom line on main page)