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You understand that the format is different from the data right? Just because you implemented the format doesn't give you access to the map data. It does however let you create your own map data.


I'm still trying to figure this out... If the format is open, I should be able to buy the CD, write a program to implement the spec, and then read the data off of the CD? I have no objection to buying a Navtech CD in SDAL format, as long as I can get the data off of it and theoretically into my empeg. Selling/Copying that data is still illegal... So, the question is, what do they mean by "open", and how open is it?

Matthew