Map datatypes
- class pygarmin.datatype.MPSRecord(type, length, content)
Bases:
DataType- get_type()
Return the type value.
The characters shown are translated to numeric values using the ASCII character set.
- class pygarmin.datatype.MPSFile
Bases:
DataTypeMPS file format.
The Mapsource (MPS) file format contains a list of maps and their descriptions.
The MPS file is used as a subfile in the IMG container file format and by MapSource software version 2.xx. Later versions of MapSource use a different file format with the same filename extension.
The file format is reverse engineered by Herbert Oppmann (https://www.memotech.franken.de/FileFormats/Garmin_IMG_Subfiles_Format.pdf).
The file consists of a sequence of variable sized records with the following structure:
General record structure:
Byte Number
Byte Description
0
Record type
1
Record length
2 to n
Record content