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How does one delete sections of a map.
I now have a very large map with sections that have levels of detail I need to eliminate to make the db3 file smaller.
How do I do this w/o starting from scratch?
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It's on our todo list, but you can't do this now.
Has there been any forum discussion on how this would work in an upcoming version?
None that I can find.
The best idea I can see is to be able to mark a rectangle and then have a menu item that says "Delete Map Data". But there can certainly be various expectations of what would happen then, that I would need to understand.
Assuming you could only delete whole tiles at a time, at a minimum I would like to see an interface that allows the user to choose to display the tiles for a certain detail level (i.e. 16m). The user would then see the 16m tiles overlaid with a grid showing the outline of the tiles. The user could then pick a single tile or multiple tiles by clicking individually or with a selection rectangle. Then the user could delete those selected tiles.
I use a PDA and backup the maps on a PC that I consider important. If I need to add a bit more map or higher resolution that I won't want later, I can revert to the previous version. With the maps on a sd card it's easy to swap maps databases to conserve room or keep them the way I want.
Andy