userGuideRTxMapEditor-en.pdf

RTxMapEditor 0.4.0.7: User’s guide

1. NOTICE .. ....................................................................................................................................................... 2

2. PATCH YOUR FIRST MAP WITH RTxMapEditor .. .................................................................................. 3

2.1. INSTALL RTxMapEditor .. ........................................................................................................................ 3

2.2. CONFIGURE RTxMapEditor.. .................................................................................................................. 4

2.3. FIND SPEED TRAP LISTS.. ..................................................................................................................... 7

2.4. ADD SPEED TRAPS.. ............................................................................................................................... 8

2.5. CHOSE HOW SPEED TRAPS ARE DISPLAYED ON RTx SCREEN ... ............................................. 10

2.5.1. ALL SPEED TRAPS WITH THE SAME ICON ... ............................................................................. 10

2.5.2. FIXED SPEED TRAPS WITH THE ONE ICON, MOBILE WITH ANOTHER ONE ... .................. 10

2.5.3. ICON DEPENDING ON SPEED TRAPS TYPE ... ............................................................................. 11

2.5.4. OTHER VARIANT... ........................................................................................................................... 11

2.5.5. SPEED TRAPS WITH NAMED PLACE ICON + TEXT ... ............................................................... 12

2.5.6. DISPLAY SPEED TRAPS TYPE, SPEED… ... .................................................................................. 14

2.6. PATCH THE MAP ... ............................................................................................................................... 16

2.7. GENERATE THE ISO IMAGE OF THE PATCHED MAP... ................................................................ 16

2.8. BURN THE PATCHED MAP ... .............................................................................................................. 17

2.9. COPY THE NEW MAP INTO A USB KEY (RT4).... ............................................................................ 18

2.10. PATCHED MAP USAGE WITH A RTx ... ......................................................................................... 19

2.11. ACTIVATE ICONS DISPLAY ON RTx SCREEN ... ......................................................................... 19

3. ADVANCED USE ... .................................................................................................................................... 23

3.1. ORIGINAL MAPS COPY ... .................................................................................................................... 23

3.2. MAP COPY FROM A RT4 HARD-DRIVE ... ........................................................................................ 23

3.3. POI ADDING.... ....................................................................................................................................... 26

3.3.1. SUPPORTED FORMATS ... ................................................................................................................ 26

3.3.2. ERRORS WHILE ADDING POI ... ..................................................................................................... 27

3.3.3. POI ADDING CONFIGURATION .... ................................................................................................. 28

3.4. ACTION ON POI LISTS ... ...................................................................................................................... 29

3.4.1. POI EXPORTATION... ........................................................................................................................ 30

3.4.2. REMOVE POI IN DUPLICATE ... ...................................................................................................... 32

3.5. EXPORT POI FROM AN OLD MAP TO A NEW ONE ... .................................................................... 33

4. THE RT4 TOOLBOX ... ............................................................................................................................... 34

4.1. CHANGING THE BOOT SCREEN... ..................................................................................................... 34

4.2. COPYING RT4 CONFIGURATION FILES TO USB KEY .... .............................................................. 36

4.3. COPYING Agenda.dat FILE INTO THE RT4 ... ..................................................................................... 36

4.4. COPYING User_com.dat FILE INTO THE RT4 ... ................................................................................. 36

5. HARDWARE/SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS ... ..................................................................................... 37

6. INFORMATION ABOUT RTX ... ............................................................................................................... 38

6.1. POI DISPLAY ALGORITHM... .............................................................................................................. 38

7. HISTORY OF VERSIONS ... ....................................................................................................................... 39

8. END USER LICENSE ... .............................................................................................................................. 43

8.1. RTxMapEditor END USER LICENSE.... ................................................................................................ 43

9. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.... ........................................................................................................................ 45

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1. NOTICE

The Navteq license for RT3 and RT4 maps on CD-ROM forbids database modification, e.g. the data contained in the CD.

RT4 maps delivered on hard disk only don’t have associated license, then they depends only on the law of the delivery

country.

In France, and probably in all the countries with a law based on the “droit d’auteur” it means you are not allowed to

modify a map to add your own POI. In countries using the copyright like UK, the situation may be different. The “fair-

dealing” and “public interest” notion are far more permissive than exceptions to the “droit d’auteur”. Please check by

yourself the law for countries other than France.

Despite the modification is forbidden, RTxMapEditor which lets you modify a map is a legal program because it does not

bypass any protection measure. That’s why it has been distributed since December 2006 in the whole Europe without any

problem. Neither Navteq, PSA nor Magneti-Marelli ever made any complaint about it.

You are now able with RTxMapEditor, a legal program to modify a Navteq map, action forbidden by the Navteq license.

Is there a risk for you to be sued by Navteq? The answer seems to be yes. But is it so simple? If you modify a map for

your strictly private usage only, where is the harm?

If the usage is strictly private, there is no harm at all for Navteq. Will they earn less money because you’ve added your

own POI to a map? Are you an unfair competitor? No. On the contrary, you may have purchase a RTx and Navteq maps

because it is now possible to add your own POI.

I’m sure Navteq will never sue a RTxMapEditor user who has added, for his personal use LPG gas station, his favorite

restaurants or any POI to his map. Imagine the negative image impact it would have for Navteq without any benefit. You

can use RTxMapEditor without any fear or risk if you respect its license, which protects my rights, but also your rights.

Nevertheless, some usages of RTxMapEditor are illegal, your responsibility is engaged and you may be sued if you do

them. For example:

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To sell or distribute maps patched with RTxMapEditor

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To extract and make publicly available a significant part of the POI contained in a map.

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To add Swiss speed trap then to sell or to use it.

These actions harm Navteq financially speaking or break the laws of some countries.

Like burning software or a MP3 encoder, RTxMapEditor is a legal tool, but the usage you’re doing with it may be not.

And of course, the author of legal software cannot endorse responsibility for illegal user’s actions. At best, I can explain

you what you can and cannot do with RTxMapEditor.

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2. PATCH YOUR FIRST MAP WITH RTxMapEditor

This Chapter is a tutorial for beginners. It explains step by step how to make your first map with speed traps from

alertegps, gpspassion or any other list.

Once RTxMapEditor is installed , adding POI (speed traps or others) to a map is very easy and requires only few steps,

all accessible from the toolbar’s buttons:

1. Configure it during the first launch (select if you own a RT3 or a RT4, chose some options…) and copy on map

in a working directory.

2. Add POI by giving the file containing them and the icon to be displayed

3. Patch the map

4. Copy the patched map into a USB key to update the RT4 map with a USB key or

5. Make an ISO image of the patch map and burn it onto a CD for a RT3 or a RT4

To update POI of a map all that is necessary is to reload the map 6 (if it is not done automatically) and to do again steps 2 ,

3 and 4 or 5 .

To use RTxMapEditor advanced features, please read chapter 3 ADVANCED USE.

Do not forget if you need help the “ ?” in the upper right corner of most windows. Use it before asking something in

a forum please.

2.1. INSTALL RTxMapEditor

RTxMapEditor is freely available at: http://www.planete-citroen.com/forum/showthread.php?t=51791 and

http://rt3mapeditor.eurovan2.com/RTxMapEditor0407.exe

If you have installed a previous version of RT3MapEditor, do not uninstall it before installing the new one!

Keeping the previous version allows the new one to use the previous configuration and if needed, to restore the old

version (using Add/Remove software in the control panel). Don’t worry about disk space, only 2 versions are kept.

The first thing to do is to install RTxMapEditor. Simply download the setup program, RTxMapEditor0407.exe and

launch it . Installation is straightforward; you just have to answer yes to some questions

Once installed, RTxMapEditor is automatically launched:

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In French on a French Windows, in Portuguese on Portuguese Windows

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In English on all other versions of Windows

It is possible to change the language with the “ language” menu of the main Window

At the first launch, you have to read the end user licence contract (telling you what you’re allowed and not allowed

to do with RTxMapEditor). If you don’t accept it, RTxMapEditor will not launch and you’ll have to uninstall it.

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2.2. CONFIGURE RTxMapEditor

If it’s the first installation, the only thing you can do is to configure RTxMapEditor. The only active button is the

“ Configure ” button and the status bar at the window bottom tells you what to do. Other buttons will become active once

the configuration done.

Before going further, take you original map and insert it in your CD-ROM drive.

If you own a RT4, you can copy the maps from the RT4 hard-drive to modify them using RTxMapEditor (see 3.2 MAP

COPY FROM A RT4 HARD-DRIVE ).

Always keep a copy of your original map to put it back in your RT4 in case of problem with the patched one.

RTxMapEditor deals only with maps published in 2005 and more. If an older map is detected, RTxMapEditor will

warn you it cannot modify it. It would take me too much time to reverse engineered old format and implement it.

In such a case, You may need to find a newer map, and perhaps to upgrade your RT3 software with a 5.5X version

for VAN RT3 and 6.6X for CAN RT3. Version 7.10 or more is advised for RT4.

To work, RTxMapEditor needs to create a working folder in which it will copy your original map and build the modified

(patched) one with your POI or speed traps. Do not modify by yourself the content of this folder. RTxMapEditor may run

incorrectly or generate map which will crash your RTx.

If you want to patch several maps (for several countries for example) you’ll need to copy each map in a separate working

folder using the “ Configure ” button.

If you plan to patch several times the same map (to have an up-to-date speed trap list), keep the working folder.

RTxMapEditor will reuse it without needing to copy again your original map using the “ Load a map ” button.

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The “ General ” tab of the Configuration window appears after clicking on the “ Configure ” button:

1. Start by choosing the RT3 mode (by default) or RT4 mode depending on the model you own.

In RT4 mode icons displayed by RTxMapEditor will be the RT4 ones, in RT3 mode, it will be the RT3 ones.

This setting doesn’t modify the map copy, you’ll be able change it when you want and patch a map in the RT3

mode then later in RT4 mode, but RTxMapEditor will optimize menus, icons and patched map for the selected

system.

It is inadvisable to use a map patched in RT3 mode for a RT4 and conversely. Some options available in RT3

mode may crash your RT4.

A mode change needs to stop and launch again RTxMapEditor and previous configuration changes will be lost.

That’s the reason why it is better to start by configuring this setting.

If you select “ Loading at startup ”, the last loaded map will be automatically loaded at the next RTxMapEditor

startup.

2. Choose a working folder if you’re not satisfied with the default one using the “ Browse ” button. If you select a

folder containing a map, it will be displayed and the copy won’t be necessary.

3. Copy your original map by clicking the “ Copy ” button and selecting the root of the drive where you map is. See

also 3.1 ORIGINAL MAPS COPY .

RTxMapEditor it will copy all necessary data and the map CD won’t

be needed anymore. Warning, it takes several minutes and you need

free disk space (at least 900 MB for a French map).

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