how do you get an .obf from a .pbf ??

[NewYawkah]

I have a .pbf file that I downloaded from geofabrik.de which a certain
post I found in the code pages says is not the correct binary to use
for allowing vector rendering on the latest version of OsmAnd. In that
post, a few users mentioned they used OsmandMapCreator 0.5.1 alpha
(b3) to take the .pbf and get an .obf file output which could then be
used by OsmAnd.

I downloaded 0.5.1 alpha (b3) but have no idea how to accomplish this
with the options I see in the application. I'm able to open the .pbf
file (which takes a few hours for an 85mb file) but once thats done..
what do you do?

[Victor Shcherb]

Once you open that file you already generate it. So now you can find the .obf file in working directory. That's specified at the bottom of OsmAndMapCreator.

2010/11/15 NewYawkah <asaf....@gmail.com>

[Asaf Peled]

Thanks Victor. I've found the file, loaded it onto my android at /sdcard/osmand then in settings I went to Map -> Map tile source and selected Vector OSM Maps and deselected Use Internet. 

When I get back to the map screen, a small message pops up and says "Vector maps were not loaded" (using OsmAnd 0.4.3 beta (b2)

[Dan Dascalescu]

On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 00:29, Asaf Peled <asaf....@gmail.com> wrote:
> When I get back to the map screen, a small message pops up and says "Vector
> maps were not loaded" (using OsmAnd 0.4.3 beta (b2)

The format is only supported by OsmAnd 0.5.1 alpha (b3).

Generally, use MapCreator version X with OsmAnd version X.

[Asaf Peled]

got it and works! many thanks