4. Advanced Options

The rest of this webpage is meant for advanced/power users who’d like to fiddle a little more under-the-hood. The average user can safely ignore this section!

• 4.1. Introduction
  • 4.1.1. Speech
    • 4.1.1.1. Prerecorded samples
    • 4.1.1.2. espeak
    • 4.1.1.3. festival
    • 4.1.1.4. flite
    • 4.1.1.5. speech2wave
    • 4.1.1.6. piper-tts
    • 4.1.1.7. Mbrola
    • 4.1.1.8. Android
    • 4.1.1.9. Start up in silent mode
  • 4.1.2. Splitting navit.xml
• 4.2. Command interface
  • 4.2.1. Commands
• 4.3. Integrations
  • 4.3.1. Dbus
  • 4.3.2. Enabling
  • 4.3.3. Common actions
    • 4.3.3.1. Zoom in/out
    • 4.3.3.2. Set Position/Destination
    • 4.3.3.3. Set map-view centre
    • 4.3.3.4. Change map layout
    • 4.3.3.5. Change vehicle profile
  • 4.3.4. Navit DBus details
  • 4.3.5. org.navit_project.navit.navit
    • 4.3.5.1. Methods
      • 4.3.5.1.1. draw
      • 4.3.5.1.2. add_message
      • 4.3.5.1.3. set_center_by_string
      • 4.3.5.1.4. set_center
      • 4.3.5.1.5. set_center_screen
      • 4.3.5.1.6. set_layout
      • 4.3.5.1.7. zoom
      • 4.3.5.1.8. block
      • 4.3.5.1.9. set_position
      • 4.3.5.1.10. set_destination
      • 4.3.5.1.11. clear_destination
      • 4.3.5.1.12. get_attr
      • 4.3.5.1.13. set_attr
      • 4.3.5.1.14. export_as_gpx
  • 4.3.6. org.navit_project.navit.vehicleprofile
    • 4.3.6.1. Methods
      • 4.3.6.1.1. get_attr
      • 4.3.6.1.2. set_attr
  • 4.3.7. org.navit_project.navit.vehicle
    • 4.3.7.1. Methods
      • 4.3.7.1.1. set_attr
  • 4.3.8. org.navit_project.navit.route
    • 4.3.8.1. Methods
      • 4.3.8.1.1. get_attr
  • 4.3.9. Signals
    • 4.3.9.1. add bookmark signal
  • 4.3.10. Undocumented methods
  • 4.3.11. Python API
  • 4.3.12. Windows Integration
• 4.4. Configuration/Advanced Options
  • 4.4.1. Advanced Options
    • 4.4.1.1. Speech
      • 4.4.1.1.1. Prerecorded samples
      • 4.4.1.1.2. espeak
      • 4.4.1.1.3. festival
      • 4.4.1.1.4. flite
      • 4.4.1.1.5. Mbrola
      • 4.4.1.1.6. Android
      • 4.4.1.1.7. Start up in silent mode
    • 4.4.1.2. Debugging
    • 4.4.1.3. Bookmarks
    • 4.4.1.4. Splitting navit.xml
• 4.5. Maps
  • 4.5.1. Binfile
    • 4.5.1.1. Dividing the world into tiles
    • 4.5.1.2. Projection
    • 4.5.1.3. Tile data format
    • 4.5.1.4. Content
    • 4.5.1.5. Extracting a specific area
    • 4.5.1.6. How an object is placed in a tile
  • 4.5.2. Binfile
    • 4.5.2.1. Short summary
    • 4.5.2.2. Dividing the world into tiles
    • 4.5.2.3. Projection
    • 4.5.2.4. Tile data format
    • 4.5.2.5. Content
    • 4.5.2.6. Extract a specific area
    • 4.5.2.7. How An object Is placed in a tile
  • 4.5.3. Csv
  • 4.5.4. Including in Navit
  • 4.5.5. Adding map items by osd commands
    • 4.5.5.1. Special Case: IGO8 (speed camera) files
  • 4.5.6. The csv File
  • 4.5.7. Garmin GPX POI
  • 4.5.8. Android Issues
  • 4.5.9. WinCE Issues
  • 4.5.10. Custom POIs
  • 4.5.11. Define your POI
  • 4.5.12. Using a custom icon
  • 4.5.13. Using the POI file with the map
  • 4.5.14. Load POIs via CSV
  • 4.5.15. Hard way
  • 4.5.16. Sources
  • 4.5.17. Garmin maps
  • 4.5.18. Limitations / known problems
  • 4.5.19. Installation and configuration
    • 4.5.19.1. How to build the driver
    • 4.5.19.2. Configure your map source
    • 4.5.19.3. Install a free basemap from Garmin
  • 4.5.20. Map + Route
    • 4.5.20.1. Telefonbuch Deutschland Map+Route
    • 4.5.20.2. Gelbe Seiten Map+Route
  • 4.5.21. Maps
  • 4.5.22. Marco Polo Grosser Reiseplaner
    • 4.5.22.1. Marco Polo Grosser Reiseplaner
      • 4.5.22.1.1. Description
      • 4.5.22.1.2. Installation
      • 4.5.22.1.3. Note for low memory devices
  • 4.5.23. OpenStreetMap/countries
  • 4.5.24. OpenStreetMap
    • 4.5.24.1. Quick Start
      • 4.5.24.1.1. Add OSM map to your mapset
    • 4.5.24.2. Topographic Maps
    • 4.5.24.3. Processing OSM Maps Yourself
      • 4.5.24.3.1. Download your own OSM data
      • 4.5.24.3.2. Convert OSM data to Navit binfile
        • 4.5.24.3.2.1. From .osm
        • 4.5.24.3.2.2. From .bz2
        • 4.5.24.3.2.3. From .pbf
      • 4.5.24.3.3. Processing the whole Planet
    • 4.5.24.4. Tips
    • 4.5.24.5. See also
    • 4.5.24.6. Problems with OSM
      • 4.5.24.6.1. Search doesn’t work
      • 4.5.24.6.2. Search is totally b0rkz0r3d! Or, behaves very strangely vs other navigation software.
      • 4.5.24.6.3. Search for my town works, but I can’t find my street
      • 4.5.24.6.4. Routes go through a city instead around of it
      • 4.5.24.6.5. There are strange purple objects on the navit map
  • 4.5.25. OpenStreetMap
    • 4.5.25.1. Quick Start
    • 4.5.25.2. Add OSM map to your mapset
    • 4.5.25.3. Topographic Maps
    • 4.5.25.4. Processing OSM Maps yourself
      • 4.5.25.4.1. Download your own OSM data
      • 4.5.25.4.2. Convert OSM data to Navit binfile
        • 4.5.25.4.2.1. From .osm
        • 4.5.25.4.2.2. From .bz2
        • 4.5.25.4.2.3. From .pbf
    • 4.5.25.5. Processing the whole Planet
    • 4.5.25.6. Tips
  • 4.5.26. Shapefiles
  • 4.5.27. Using Shapefile maps directly in Navit
  • 4.5.28. How can I find the field name and value to use?
  • 4.5.29. Textfile
  • 4.5.30. Overview
  • 4.5.31. Creating it out of an OSM map
  • 4.5.32. Creating a binfile Map out of it
  • 4.5.33. US/Tiger maps
  • 4.5.34. Outdated, For historical interest:
  • 4.5.35. Other maps
  • 4.5.36. POI as Navit Text maps
  • 4.5.37. Troubleshooting
  • 4.5.38. Convert CSV POIs to Navit format
    • 4.5.38.1. Bash version
    • 4.5.38.2. Python Version
    • 4.5.38.3. GPSBabel style file
• 4.6. Layout
  • 4.6.1. Adding a Layout
  • 4.6.2. Alternate Layouts
    • 4.6.2.1. Mapnik
      • 4.6.2.1.1. Features
    • 4.6.2.2. Mapnik for small screens
      • 4.6.2.2.1. Features
      • 4.6.2.2.2. See also
    • 4.6.2.3. Snow
    • 4.6.2.4. High-Visibility
      • 4.6.2.4.1. Features
    • 4.6.2.5. Detailed Camping Biker
      • 4.6.2.5.1. Features
    • 4.6.2.6. bike
      • 4.6.2.6.1. Features
  • 4.6.3. Alternate Cursors
    • 4.6.3.1. 2D Car
    • 4.6.3.2. 2D Car black for 10,2”
    • 4.6.3.3. 2D cursor tangoGPS-like
    • 4.6.3.4. 3D Arrow-head
• 4.7. Vehicleprofile
• 4.8. Vehicleprofiles
  • 4.8.1. Bike Cycleway
    • 4.8.1.1. Features
  • 4.8.2. Bike on Asphalt
    • 4.8.2.1. Features
  • 4.8.3. Hike & Bike on Ground & Gravel
    • 4.8.3.1. Features
  • 4.8.4. Hike & Bike hard
    • 4.8.4.1. Features
  • 4.8.5. Car (no Highway)
    • 4.8.5.1. Features