osm file with Locus Pro

[capponz]

Hi,
I'm living in NZ and the support with WIFI and/or cheap permanent online solutions is quite rare.
So I needed an offline navigation solution. There are some maps supported by the LINZ their extension is osm (open street map)
I downloaded that stuff and tried to open it with Locus Pro without success.
There are several programs out their to convert the osm files.
My questions:
Which  extension does Locus work with?
and
Whats the best Linux or windows program to do it properly?
   
Thank you very much,
Best, Martin

[kech61]

Hi,

Go to

//http://www.openandromaps.org/en/download.html

and scroll down to the bottom of the page, there is the offline NZ-Map buildt with mapsforge.

[capponz]

Hi, thanks for the quick reply!
need to try that maps. Thanks for the link. Do you know what format Locus expects and how to get it out of an .osm file?
Like osmosis or something similar?
Best Martin / Liebe Gruesse

[kech61]

Do you know what format Locus expects and how to get it out of an .osm file?
Like osmosis or something similar?
Best Martin / Liebe Gruesse

Hi Martin,

The format is mapsforge, here is the link to the mapsforge project.
//http://code.google.com/p/mapsforge/
//https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/mapsforge-dev

A thread with a howto for building mapsforge vector maps:
//http://forum.locusmap.eu/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=1839

[capponz]

Thank you very much!!!! And by the way the map link you recommended is very good.
Best Wishes,
Martin