[mkgmap-dev] Road Name POIs

Thu Mar 12 14:36:32 GMT 2009

On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 7:50 AM, Bernhard Heibler <bernhard at heibler.de> wrote:
> Hi Mark,
>>>
>>> As this has now been merged to trunk I thought I'd have a look as I've
>>> never properly tried to use it before. I'm sure that I'm missing
>>> something as having compiled a map with the --road-name-pois option I
>>> don't see anywhere I can search for road names.
>>>
>>
>> Well, with the original road name pois code they used to appear under a
>> category called "geographic points" or similar. With the introduction
>> of the new all-singing, all-dancing POI address stuff, they seem to have
>> disappeared.
>> Perhaps Bernhard knows where they have gone?
>>
>>
>
> I think it really depends on the garmin device how it handles the road pois.
> On my Nuvi 360 I never found a special category for the road pois. The only
> way to use them is to do a search over all pois. I'm pretty sure that my
> changes didn't change anything in that area. I personally always use
> --road-name-pois=0x2900 for my maps because the default value 0x640a lack
> support for address information.
>
> Thanks
> Berni.
>
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I can't find anywhere in the Find menu that lists road names or
addresses when I make a map

* without --road-name-pois
* with --road-name-pois
* with --road-name-pois=0x2900

This is on a Garmin 60CSx.

The map I'm generating can be downloaded here:

http://osm.nix.is/latest/default/gmapsupp.img