[mkgmap-dev] Highway name or ref

Wed Mar 31 10:07:24 BST 2010

On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 09:52:57AM +0200, Lambertus wrote:
> There's a question on the OSM forum about the naming of highways in the 
> default stylesheet which comes down to this: if a ref is available then 
> that seems always used even if a name is also available, can this be 
> changed to show the name as well?
> 
> http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?pid=68439#p68439

I can't repeat this as described on my Edge 705 and today's map
from http://www.polkupyoraily.net/osm/.  I do see the "mouseover" label
"ref name", but if I hit Enter on it, the "POI window" displays either
"ref" or "ref name", i.e., "152" or "1521 Jokivarrentie".  I tried it here:

http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=60.3470937&lon=25.1346522&zoom=18
http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/374125267

The 1521 is a lesser-class road that lacks the highway shield.  It says
"1521 Jokivarrentie" on the map without a shield.  The 152 (when I zoom in)
displays the ref=152 in an oval shield and the name=Sipoontie below that.

Also, if I select the motorway a few hundred meters west from that point,
it says just "4" (the ref), but the mouseover tooltip says
"4 Lahdenväylä (E)" [E=etelä=south].  When I zoom in, the map displays the
ref in a box and the name below that.

It would be nice if the "POI window" displayed the name in addition to the ref
for roads that carry a highway shield.
Could this be arranged with display_name?

For some reason, QLandkarteGT is not showing me any street names or labels;
only POI names.

Best regards,

	Marko