MKGMAP(1)

💖 MKGMAP — the manual, bestie edition 💖

okay so this is the manual page for mkgmap, and it's from the General Commands Manual section of the Unix manual, and honestly? she's a little icon. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

mkgmap — Generate Garmin maps from OpenStreetMap data 🌍

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

mkgmap [options] files.osm ...

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so this manual page documents briefly the mkgmap command. that's the whole assignment, no cap. 💅

mkgmap is a program that converts OpenStreetMap (OSM) data into a map that can be loaded onto a Garmin GPS device. like, you take the whole community-built world map and you make it fit in your lil handheld unit. iconic behavior fr fr. 🗺️✨

and here's the part that's giving main character energy: the mapping between OSM features and the features in the map can be completely customized by writing what we term a "style". completely. customized. you're the author of your own destiny (and your own map renderer). 👑

💅 OPTIONS 💅

• --help <filename> — use this option to get a list of the built in help topics. and lowkey the best part: calling --help=options will list all the available options, and it's always up to date. that's the good stuff, bestie, no stale docs, no crumbs left behind. 🎀

🫶 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 🫶

this project is almost entirely based on the file format specification document written by John Mechalas at the SourceForge project at http://sourceforge.net/projects/garmin-img. shoutout to John, genuinely carrying this whole thing on his back. 🐐

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

josm(1), qlandkarte(1) — go hang out with them too, they're in the friend group. 🍓

👑 AUTHOR 👑

mkgmap was originally written by Steve Ratcliffe <sr@parabola.me.uk> and has been improved by many other people since. (a whole village. a whole community. we love to see it. 💜)

this manual page was written by Andreas Putzo <andreas@putzo.net>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others). sharing is caring, always. 🧚

💌 and that's the page, bestie!! this one's from the General Commands Manual, dated April 13, 2008, and the source is MKGMAP(1). go make some maps, you've got this. slay. 💖✨