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Comments (0) 05.05.2007. 20:14

create your own color scheme

In a previous article we have downloaded a new color scheme file named karl.zip. Now we want to make some modifications to this file. First of all we copy this file to the pc and rename the file from karl.zip to myscheme.zip. Next step is to unzip this file, this zip file containes following files:
color.ini
texture.bmp
texture.spr

If we open the color.ini in a text editor then we see at first the following lines
[INFO]
name="Karl"
night=0

The value for variable name is the name we see in Mio or in IGo, lets change this name in name="mycolormap", the lines look like this:
[INFO]
name="mycolormap"
night=0

When we look further then we see lines such as:
a = "0_int", 255, 255, 0
A = "0_ext", 255, 0, 0

The first letter identifies the type of road, lowercase stands for inside color, uppercase stands for outside color. The 3 numbers represent the color in RGB, 255,255,0 = yellow and 255,0,0 = red. We can see on the picture that the highway in the Karl scheme is yellow with a red line on the outside. Suppose we want to change the motorway color in a special green color, this color is 153,255,153. Now we change the lines to:
a = "0_int", 153, 255, 153
A = "0_ext", 255, 0, 0

Zip the 3 files back to myscheme.zip and place it on the \My Flash Disk\miomap\miomap\scheme directory. Now we can select mycolormap in the map options menu.


karl karl
mycolormap mycolormap

Road types:
a = motorway, autobahn
b = U roads, U- und Europastrasse (aber nicht Autobahn bzw Schnellstrasse)
c = highway/federal highways, K-roads, bundesstrasse
d = highways, large major roads, bundesstrasse
e = road K and U, ausserort Verbindungsstrasse
f = connecting roads within the city, innerorts Nebenstrasse
g = one-way streets, verbindungsweg
h = side streets - city center, nebenstrasse in der Stadt
i - r = ?
s = highway, schnellstrasse
u = unpaved roads, nicht asphaltiert
v = poor road, slechtes
z = pedestrian precinct, fussgaengerzone

Comments (5) 05.05.2007. 19:12

Skin Quicksilver for Miomap V3.2

At least a new skin. Download the quicksilver_5_data.zip , after the download rename the file to data.zip. Use the Mio Transfer hack to navigate to My Flash DiskMioMapMioMap and replace the data.zip on your Mio with this data.zip (do not unzip it, just load the whole zip file as is).

Make a good backup of the original data.zip before you replace the file with this skin.

The skin has been tested on various Mio devices.


quicksilver

quicksilver

quicksilver

Comments (2) 07.04.2007. 12:52

POI visibility

Custom POI's are visible on the map, but when you zoom out only a little blue dot is visible. There is an option to change this. First set your POI visibility to the maximum (10 km). To make the POI's more visible we have to modify the scheme file, this file can be found in the  \My FlashDisk\miomap\miomap\scheme directory. Copy the scheme file you are using to your PC and unzip the color.ini from this file. Look in the color.ini file for following lines:
poi="gfx/day/poi6x6.spr"
poi2="gfx/day/poi26x26.spr"
Now we make the value of poi equal to the value of poi2
poi="gfx/day/poi26x26.spr"
poi2="gfx/day/poi26x26.spr"
Now save the color.ini file and zip it back to the scheme file. Place the modified scheme file back to your device and start Miomap or IGo.

Make sure that you don't have to many visible poi groups,

old
before

new
after modification

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Comments (8) 07.04.2007. 12:44

New color scheme for IGo or Mio device

Color map schemes obtain the definitions for the colors of roads, higways, water, urbanisation and so on. Schemes can be selected from the Map options menu, here you can select a color map for night or daylight. On the internet you can find several scenes for your mio device or IGo. Downloaded schemes must be installed in the
 My Flash Diskmiomapmiomapscheme directory. Do not unzip the downloaded file but place it as a zip file on your device. Below is an example of  a color scheme, click on the map for download.
After you have installed the zip file you can select the new color map in the map options menu.


karl

You can edit these zip files youself, in a future article i will describe how to make your own color scheme for your mio device.

Comments (4) 07.04.2007. 12:39

Show one way directions on Igo or Mio device

In a previous article we showed how to set the route simulation to normal speed, this was done with adding a line in the sys.txt file. Now we have an other option for the sys.txt file. When you add the line "show_oneway=1" then you will see the one way directions and stop signs for forbidden roads. The sys.txt file looks now like tis one

[debug]
slowsim=1
show_oneway=1

If you don't have a sys.txt file then you can create one and place the file in your IGO or MioMap directory.

Comments (2) 27.03.2007. 20:15

Convert Tomtom poi files to Mio or Igo

This article describes how we can convert a Tomtom poi file to iGO or Miomap. 

Step 1: Download a Tomtom ov2 file to your pc. For this example we can use the poi file with camping sites in France, Italy or Spain.
Step 2: Connect your mio/pda to your pc with activeSync.
Step 3: Start POI explorer and choose "file" "import" "Igo database from device"
Step 4: Open a window with the direcory where you have put the ov2 file
Step 5: Drag the file to POI explorer and drop it on "Igo POI Database"
Step 6: Click "file", "export", "Igo database to device" and wait for the popup.

 

See also our article about POI editor for iGo or Miomap

Comments (2) 27.03.2007. 20:13

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