[mkgmap-dev] [locator] What's next?

Mon Jun 6 21:34:47 BST 2011

> available at all.  In the UAE, for instance, there is no formal,
> systematic address system *whatsoever* (it is completely normal here
> to give your home location relative to local landmarks such as parks,
> mosques and malls, rather than giving an address.  Makes getting home
> deliveries a nightmare, but that's another story) so we couldn't add
> data to the database even if we wanted to.
>
Thanks for delivering some background information.

Just out of curiosity:
How are the adresses mapped in commercial databases and commercial 
navigation systems? Are the ususal fields like region, city, street not 
used in UAE maps? How do you enter an address relative to landmarks into 
a gpsr?