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HI... I read this thread and am very curious about making a map that has routing. I have found the mapcenter 2 to be very difficult to use. I am not sure what I need to input to get a output that would have routing, etc. I am wanting to modify a Local US county Map (Tiger Shapefile and DBF) to change the addressing from the old county road to the new E911 addressing as Navteq for Garmin has not picked up the new E911 addressing even though the county has been E911 for 3+ years. I have posted on another thread with RWS and he has been very helpful but looking to other too that may point me in the right direction. I've been able to modify the dbf changing the old county names to the new e911 but I'm not sure how to get from that to the end state to where I can load it on to my garmin and see if it works and routes..... Any help would be GREATLY apprecaited. This has turning into a bit of a thread hijack. Instead of hijacking it more, I'd suggest asking at the Mapscenter group, http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/map_authors/ The IMG ID is the unique map ID number. It should match within the MP file whatever you choose at Mapcenter. It needs to be a 8 digit (total) number. As to whether you want a new or existing archive, that is your choice.

Prolly the easiest would be to edit the .dbf file in Excel...using search and replace for the road names...replacing the names with the names from your 911 map. Alternately you could do the same by opening your .mp file created by GPSMapEdit in Notepad doing a search and replace of road names. Unless you have the expensive routing version of cCPSMapper you'll have to compile the map at MapCenter There are several tutorials on the net for making custom maps...Google custom Garmin maps. I don't have any experience with TomTom. Ok. I tried the edit of the DBF file and that seems to work pretty slick. I have not tried the other suggestion but can always if the DBF does not pan out. Where can I find and explanation for the DBF file schema ? Only the Fullname makes sense to me the other columns I do not understand what they are or their purpose. So at Mapcenter I can upload something and the output would be a map that the Garmin will recognize and also be routeable ? Lastly, if I ever get to the point of having the map I desire.... can it co-exist with the Garmin Lower 48 States map that is already pre-loaded ? I can see that on the Tiger files for Rock County some of the new roads are not there but on the Garmin (Navteq) map they are. Just wondering if both maps would feed off of each other or is it only one map at a time. RWS, as always... thanks for your help and understanding.

RWS thanks again for the reply. much apprecaited. Since I'm new to gps and this idea of creating a custom map.... I am wondering what software I'd need to use to modify the shapefile for Rock County and once modified how would it load on the the Garmin unit? Additionally, once loaded would the new map be "routeable", meaning if I had an address on one of the new roads, e.g. 1579 61st Street the garmin with the new map would route the correct path, etc? I like the garmin unit and I know someday the map will update but proabably not for quite sometime so I'm wondering if the TomTom with it's MapShare technology would be useful versus the Garmin??

I found today that TomTom has a feature that allow the user to edit the street name..... This may fit the bill for us but then again until I get more feedback not sure how much weight to put onto it. Anyone have background with TomTom or advice ??

Hi. I am looking for custom mapping help and resources. I work for a smaller volunteer ambulance service and we'd like to see about placing GPS units into our rigs. However, after buying a lower end unit and using it I found that the map that comes with the unit does not reflect current information about the county our ambulance service covers. The map still refers to the rural roads as county roads, however, our county has been E911 mapped for 2+ years. Furthermore, when I check the surronding counties I find the map shows their E911 streets so I am a bit baffled as to why our does not show. In any event I am wondering if there is a way to make custom maps as I have access to the E911 map which is supplied by our land management office. Or does anyone know of an EMS GPS provider? Any help or suggestion would be apprecaited.

I do have access to the E911 map which is provided by the land management office. Would this be sufficent for creating the map or do I have to wait until this Tiger database is updated? I believe our county has been E911 for two + years and when I search surronding counties (Pipestone and Nobles) they show on the Garmin as already being mapped. How long does it normally take for Garmin to get these updates? Is there a process flow that propagates until it makes it into the Garmin maps?

I am new to this so I am not sure what I am exactly looking for in the link you posted or what program i need to convert it into something I can work with. Below is the list of items that come up when I pick my county for Minnesota, county of Rock. Files for: Rock All Lines Area Hydrography Area Landmark Point Landmark Current Block Census 2000 Block Census 2000 Block Group Census 2000 Census Tract Current County Subdivision Census 2000 County Subdivision Census 2000 Voting District Address Range-Feature Name Relationship File Address Ranges Relationship File Feature Names Relationship File Topological Faces (2-Cells With All Geocodes) Relationship File Topological Faces-Area Hydrography Relationship File Topological Faces-Area Landmark Relationship File Also, I went out today on a few roads that I put a custom map on but the gps unit just showed the CR road names vs. what I had mapped in. Any guidance would be greatly.... apprecaited. -Kris

Hi. I am looking for expert help with an attempt to map E911 Streets/Avenues for the county in which I live. So far the Garmin maps do not have our E911 Street/Avenue name yet so they show up like CR-15 but really should be 61st, etc. Can anyone tell me if there is a way to somehow map the E911 street names in to the NUVI model so that the Garmin picks up the new E911 street names?? I watched the two videos on this thread and exchanged a few emails with RWS which were helpful but I cannot seem to get the GPS to recognize the fact I put in a E911 street name. I can see it on the map but if I drive on that road or try to do a lookup I still see the county road name as CR-15 vs 61st, etc. Any help would be greatly appreciated. -Kris