[mkgmap-dev] test files to figure out Garmin encodings?

Mon May 18 20:30:43 BST 2009

Thanks for posting the POI file you use, I am interested in
integrating some of that information in to my style file.

--Mike O.

2009/5/18 Felix Hartmann <extremecarver at googlemail.com>:
> You can download a legend/sample map from my site:
> http://openmtbmap.org
> Go to Download and then choose openmtbmap legend. You can download the
> legend in osm format (that download also includes my POI style-file part) so
> you can run your style-files on it.
> It's missing areas (because you can do more or less whatever you want, as
> long as you define it in a typfile).
> If you compile Qlandkarte GT from source or move the legend to your GPS you
> can see all lines, in Mapsource lines for sac:scale and tracktype are not
> shown (Mapsource only shows 0x00 to 0x2a). We desperatly would need extended
> types (this is independant of the NT format) to show all lines in Mapsource
> too.
>
> I have implemented so far nearly all POI I know off. All highway types and
> tracktype, sac:scale, mtb:scale and many areas.
>
> If you wan't to upstream the POI into mkgmap go ahead, but I think you would
> have to replace the old POI file because it's too complex to simply add. The
> only thing to watch out is, that my style-file defines bicyclerental and
> bicycleshop as carrental and carshop in the search function. All other
> searches work (As far as I can tell) perfectly. You will need to include a
> typfile to your maps however to display many of the POI with an icon instead
> of simply a point, because Garmin did not implement icons for everything.
>
> POI style-file is attached (you can find it in the OSM legend download too).