[mkgmap-dev] [PATCH v10] - patch to support road find by name (now thinking about putting this in trunk)

Sun Mar 29 22:10:57 BST 2009

Hi Paul,

Did you get out on your bike today, it was a super day around here.

> > 
> > Please test this patch and report success/failure.
> > 
> > If it doesn't break anything for anyone, I would like to commit it
> > fairly soon as I think that quite a few people will be happy to have
> > street finding added to the trunk.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > 
> > Mark
> 
> Hi Mark,
> 
> The address search seems to work well but I can't find any
> intersections. As I've probably misunderstood this feature here's an
> example of what I've been trying
> 
> http://openstreetmap.org/?lat=53.50969&lon=-2.31557&zoom=15&layers=B000FTF
> 
> If I use the address search for Agecroft Road, Pendlebury I'm taken to
> the point at which Agecroft Road and the A666 meet (the intersection?).
> Similarly if I search for A666, Pendlebury then I'm taken to the
> roundabout at the end of the A666, going past Agecroft Road on the way.
> If I then search for an intersection where Street 1 is Agecroft Road and
> Street 2 is A666 and City is Pendlebury I get no intersections found.
> 
> WHat am I doing wrong?

Quite possibly, nothing wrong at all. Perhaps anyone else can confirm
if the intersection feature is working correctly? Sorry, I have never
used it before.

Cheers,

Mark