GPSD needs to be tracking data for maps to show up. No maps will show up without a fix and known locale. Don't know what the point is of the "center" variable in the config..perhaps it's used when you set the "car" to be a demo device.

Tried it with the Garmin Euro maps - nothing shows up. Garmin map is a rather large 1.4GB file called GMAPPROM.IMG that has the whole of Europe. Probably not useful if routing doesn't work on Garmin maps.

Tried with OSM maps - works a treat and looks really nice. Odd thing - selecting anything in the data menu clears the map and I can't seem to get it back without restarting Navit.

It's a shame osm2navit wasn't included (though saying that it took a while to execute on my desktop with a small map so this was probably good foresight on your part )

Downloaded the planet data extract for the UK. Used osm2navit from the Windows version of Navit (since I was in Windows) to convert. For those interested:
Extract the bz archive using whatever app you have. I used WinRAR.
Then: osm2navit.exe < WHATEVERTHISISCALLED.osm WHATEVERYOUWNTTOCALLIT.bin

UK OSM is a 30MB file - much nicer. Can't seem to route using it though



Will try the Marco Polo Reiseplaner Maps later.