[mkgmap-dev] Handling of Garmin magic label codes (highwayshields etc.) differs from mp-format input to osm-format ?

Tue Oct 6 10:06:35 BST 2009

On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 8:02 PM, Gert Münzel <Gert.Muenzel at netcologne.de> wrote:

> Clinton wrote:
>>highway=* {name '${ref|highway-symbol:oval}<0x1f>${name}'
>>Where "<0x1f>" is the actual hex code 1f, inserted with a hex editor.
>>This might be enough for Gert to test this out without requiring any
>>modifications to mkgmap.
> Maybe i missunderstood you, but you really mean that i should insert/modiy single
> bytes with a hex editor in the imgfile?

Yes, you did misunderstand (or I provided an inappropriate
explanation): you need to insert the hex code directly into the style
file.

That means you need to open the style file with a hex editor, find the
byte between ${ref|highway-symbol:oval} and ${name}, and change the
byte to the hex equivalent of 1f.

I don't know if it will work properly here, but it might be worth
trying. As I said, this is how we initially tested out the highway
symbols function.

Cheers