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Support => Troubles & Questions => Topic started by: joze on August 03, 2013, 21:08:56

Title: Can't get overlay working
Post by: joze on August 03, 2013, 21:08:56
Hi,

I can't get overlay working with maps stored on the phone.

I tried:

1. Use a raster map (in orux sqlite format) as base map and try to overlay a vector map (openandromaps). I tried this with different transparencies (e.g. 50%) and different overlay types. I get no error messages but I still see only the base map.

2. Use the openandromaps vector map as base map and try to overlay different raster maps (all raster maps in orux sqlite format). Here I get the message that the raster maps don't support overlay if I try to select the maps.

Any ideas?

What is the requirement of a raster map to be used as overlay map? -- I create the raster maps with mobac. Do I need some special setting for the raster maps to be useable for overlay?

Any help much appreciated.

--
Johannes
Title: Re: Can't get overlay working
Post by: Menion on August 03, 2013, 21:17:53
Hi,
  you do not receive any error message when you want t use orux sqlite as an overlay? Hmm then it's a bug.

currently you may combine only maps that use basic mercator projection as use openstreetmap etc. So almost all online maps, sqlite and mbt personal maps and vector maps.
Title: Re: Can't get overlay working
Post by: joze on August 03, 2013, 21:22:12
Hi,

I do get an error message when I use the orux sqlite as overlay (in fact it's something like "this map is not supported for overlay")

But I do NOT get an error message, whe I use the orux sqlite as base map (and vector as overlay) -- but this still doesn't work.
Title: Re: Can't get overlay working
Post by: Menion on August 03, 2013, 21:31:52
yes yes I understand. Anyway it's currently not possible to use Orux SQlite format as overlay, because these maps may contain various map projections, and i'm not able to do re-projecting on-the-fly in locus
Title: Re: Can't get overlay working
Post by: joze on August 03, 2013, 22:45:23
Hi,

thanks -- I'll generate my maps with a supported format.

apparently mbt and (rmaps) sqlitedb are both sqlitedb databases.

Are there performance or or other issues which would make the one or the other preferable?
Title: Re: Can't get overlay working
Post by: Menion on August 04, 2013, 09:19:57
MBT and sqlite are both equal. Only difference is that MBT has switched Y axis.

Because SQLite format I use do not has any company behind it, it's not any official format. MBT on second side has at least MapBox behind it (http://www.mapbox.com/developers/mbtiles/ (http://www.mapbox.com/developers/mbtiles/)) so I think, it should be more widely supported in the future