[mkgmap-dev] BUG: riverbank drawing error

Tue Feb 9 19:52:56 GMT 2010

0> In article <4B7175D1.3000007 at madasafish.com>,
0> Dave F. <URL:mailto:davefox at madasafish.com> ("Dave") wrote:

Dave> Does mkgmap make use of the layer tag?

As far as we know (correct me if I'm wrong), the Garmin units (and thus
their maps) don't have a concept of layer in the data - only in the
stylesheet (TYP file).  Thus there's not much we can do with the layer
tag other than using it to decide what type to represent (or not) a
feature with.  You could, of course, write a TYPE file with ten copies
of each feature, for each possible layer it could be at.  You'd run out
of layers fairly soon, though - and patience, too, I expect.