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["swiss grid"-projection]

Hi Menion
Thanks a lot! I will try to adapt this to my case.
As far as I have seen you're in the Locus developer team? The reason I asked for tar is because SQLite and MBTiles only support Web mercator projection. My map has a "swiss grid"-projection. Which format would you suggest to import maps that don't have web mercator projection?
I know there is some support for "Swiss grid" projection in Locus, because the "Swiss Topo" Maps that are avaiable in the Locus store use this projection too. How are these maps stored when downloaded?

Marc

Hi everybody
I'm trying to create a tar file which I can import in Locus. Till now I didn't suceed. Does anybody have specification about the files inside the tar? I have a .map file and an image.
Does anybody have an example map in the tar format which works with Locus? Or does somebody have further specifications? The Locus docs are in this case not very helpful.
I can't use the 'easy formats' like sqlite because they don't support the projection of my map.
Thanks in advance!

Thanks Michael for your answer! I looked at MOBAC, but the problem is it supports only one projection type. My Map is in the 'Swiss Grid' projection, which isn't supported. I managed to index the map with the trial version of OziExplorer and create a map file. I packed the image and map file into a tar file. I tried to import it in Locus but I get an error 'File do not contain any valid images'. I tried it with bmp and jpg, but neither doesn't work. Does somebody have an idea how it has to be packed in order to work? Does Locus even support .map files that specify 'swiss grid projection'?

Hi
I have a external map which I would like to use in Locus. It is stored as tiles in the jpg format, each tile is 256x256 pixels. I know the projection and the reference points.
Now I have seen that Locus supports several data formats for external maps. I've looked at the tar, SQLite and MBT format. I've spent half a day googling but I didn't find a straight forward guide how to turn my tiles in one of those formats (respectively the geo-information). It seemd to me like that .tar format would be the easiest way, but I didn't find any documentation for the needed .map file.

What would be the easiest way to import this map? Which format should I focus on? Has somebody maybe done something similar and could provide me a guide? Does somebody have a good documentation for map tiles in the tar format and the .map file?
Thanks a lot in advance!
Marc