Read Information from garmin

Question

I want to extract information such (longitude,latitude,location name) from garmin maps and use the database of this info in my java web application. but i dont know how to extract a region information such as a city from a garmin map as text or binary. If anyone know about it help me please.

Answer 1

Garmin maps are copyrighted binary files. Extracting this data without a license to do so is illegal. Don't do it.

The information you seek may be available from the USGS site for free in an easy-to-use text format: http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/

Alternatively, consider using one of google or yahoo's excellent geolocation APIs.

http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/index.html

http://developer.yahoo.com/maps/