iPhone Map Converter
Map Converter (Mapv4v5Converter) is Windows application which can convert geographical maps between different formats used by iPhone
Converter allows you
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Adapt map caches used by previous iPhone firmwares (v4) to format introduced by firmware 2.2 (v5). Difference between format is subtle - instead of 64x64px tiles in previous, v4 format, new v5 format uses 128x128 tiles to speedup map painting and to increase data compression.
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Convert map caches in "standart" iPhone formats to format used by xGPS and MotionX GPS apps.
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Recompress v5 maps to decrease disk space usage by converting lossless PNG tiles into lossy JPEG format.
Input formats
- Maps.app caches (MapTiles.sqlitedb) for firmware 2.1 and below (v4)
- Maps.app caches (MapTiles.sqlitedb) for firmware 2.2 and above (v5)
- xGPS caches (xGPS_map.db)
Output formats
- Maps.app caches (MapTiles.sqlitedb) for firmware 2.2 and above (v5)
- xGPS v1.2 caches (xGPS_map.db)
- MotionX GPS v4.1 cache folder (tileCache)
You can download program here:
Change log:
30.04.2009
1.3.0 Decreased converted map size: when palette allows
converter now produces 8-bit png tiles instead of 24-bit ones.
Unfortunately that leads to .Net 3.0 dependency.
29.03.2009
1.2.1 MotionX GPS format support
26.03.2009
1.2.0 xGPS format support
16.02.2009
1.1.3 Information dialog had Hybrid and
Satellite rows mixed up
Home page link leads to this page now
12.12.2008
1.1.2 Windows x64 support
10.12.2008
1.1.1 Map info in separate window. Total tiles count
display.
01.12.2008
1.1.0 Can convert from v5 to v5 format to increase
compression. Shows total file statistics.
Removed .Net 3.5 dependency from installer - 2.0 is
enought.
29.11.2008
1.0.4 Can set compression level and image format.
24.11.2008
1.0.3 Uses image format
from source map, not png for map, jpg for satellite as before.
24.11.2008
1.0.2 Added hyperlink to homepage
24.11.2008
1.0.1 Overall speedup
23.11.2008
1.0 Initial Release