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Garmin's TYP file format

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Six hitherto undocumented polygon types are supported in Basecamp / Mapsource / Homeport .

All of them are solid polygons, some with Night Colors; they all support labels and font types/colors.

Their purpose is not fully understood as additional colors are used which are not shown in Mapsource/etc.

TYPWiz 7 enables you to read & create such polygons; some have unusual xpms:

Example 1

[_polygon]
Type=0x10802
;Garmin:Urban /TOWN(NT)/Urban area, less than 50 000 inhabitants
;90E DBlk:&1572
;draworder:4
String0=0x00,Residential
ExtendedLabels=Y
FontStyle=Default
Xpm="0 0 3 0"
"0 c #AA55FF" (Day)
"1 c #FFFF00" (Night)
"2 c #FF0055" (DayX)
[end]

example 2

[_polygon]
Type=0x0500
;Garmin:PARKING_LOT/Parking lot area
197 DBlk:&150A
;draworder:4
ExtendedLabels=Y
FontStyle=Default
Xpm="0 0 4 0"
"0 c #FFFFAA" (Day)
"1 c #AAFF55" (DayX)
"2 c #FFAAFF" (Night)
"3 c #FF0055" (NightX)
[end]

 

TYPWiz 7 the Advanced Garmin TYP Editor

TypWiz 7 shows memory offsets and header type for each polygon,polyline or poi, so you can easily locate a block in your hex editor.


Download TypWiz3 manual: for more information TypWiz3 manual.pdf

 

Download TYPWiz7

 

   

GARMIN THEME EDITOR

GARMIN Theme Editor changes the look of NUVI and ZUMO maps FAST and has been fully endorsed by Garmin.

 

 

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TYP file format

address   description bytes
0x0   Length of header; this offset is dependent on 0x15. Mostly &5B,&6E or &7C.NT needs larger blocks. 1
0x01   0 1
0x02   Garmin TYP signature 10
0x0C   1 (other values not accepted ?) 1
0x0D   FF or 00 1
0x0E   Year ; + 1900 if 0x0F=0 2
0x10   Month 1
0x11   Day 1
0x12   Hours 1
0x13   Minutes 1
0x14   Seconds 1
0x15   Code page 1250+ (character set) 2
0x17 TYP 1 Pointer to POIs 4
0x1B   Length of POI block 4
0x1F TYP 2 Pointer to Polylines 4
0x23   Length of Polyline block 4
0x27 TYP 3 Pointer to Polygons 4
0x2B   Length of Polygon block 4
0x2F   FID 2
0x31   Product Code 2
0x33 TYP 4 Offset Pointer to type data block for� POIS 4
0x37   Number of bytes per POI , ie 3 or 4 2
0x39   Number of POIs / 0x37 4
0 x 3D TYP 5 Offset to Polyline 3 or 4 byte data block
4
0 x 41   Number of bytes per polyline 0 x 3d , ie 4 2
0 x 43   Number of Polylines / 0x41 4
0 x 47 TYP 6 Offset to Polygons 3 or 4 byte data block 4
0 x 4b   Length of Polygon data block,3,4,5 1
0 x 4d   Number of Polygons/0x4b 4
0 x 51 TYP 7 Points to Polygon types' draworder block (always at the end of a TYP file?) 4
0 x 55   Number of bytes for each Polygon (ie 5) in 0 x 57 and 0 x 51 2
0 x 57   Length of draworder block 4
0 x 5B TYP 8 Lookup table for extra pois 4
0 X 5f   Bytes for 5b 2
0 x 61   Length of this block 4
0 x 62+   More info to establish block sizes & Active Routing etc  

More information can be found in TYPWiz 7 manual - see above.

A complete list & additional information is no longer available .

 

IMG2TYP

reads an IMG file, locked or unlocked to create a unique TYP file.

It can also show why :

any POI,Highway or Polygon, Extra POI or Active Routing hasn't been rendered on your Garmin