[mkgmap-dev] Make --add-pois-to-areas default?

Sat Aug 15 21:31:41 BST 2009

Hi!

Mark Burton schrieb:
>> I think it's reasonable to make this option the default and only disable it by 
>> request. It should be the common case that one wants pois generated also if 
>> they are areas.
>>
>> Should I make a patch for that?
> 
> Personally, I prefer mkgmap to not add stuff to the map unless I ask it
> to do that. I think it's better to request that something extra gets
> added rather than requesting that the extra stuff is removed.

+1

I consider a parameter for wholesale POI creation just a workaround.
- The automatic placement works only for very simple objects, if a user 
sets a POI manually, this placement will always be better
- The POI creation creates duplicate POIs if there already is a (better) 
manual POI
- A feature with as much impact as this should be controllable in a very 
detailed way in the style. I can think of many features where I would 
want it to add POIs and many where I would refrain from it. E.g. I have 
recently seen a castle with each building detailed as an area. The 
result was a forest of castle icons there.

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