[mkgmap-dev] [PATCH v1] Rework of the location-autofill parameter

Thu Sep 20 09:39:25 BST 2012

2012/9/10 Steve Ratcliffe <steve at parabola.me.uk>
>
>
> HI
>
> On 10/09/12 16:25, WanMil wrote:
> > * In case the city name of a POI or road is unknown the city name is
> > left empty (which means an empty string ""). For me this worked well but
> > Steve pointed out some doubts that it works. So please test carefully (a
>
> Took me a while to find it but see this thread:
> http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/pipermail/mkgmap-dev/2012q1/013897.html
>
> On a certain GPS model, empty city names caused a problem. So its not
> that it never works, but may cause problems in some situations.
>
> I also have a vague memory of another problem with blank names for POIs
> (that may have been limited to place names) but I wasn't able to
> find it.

Hi,

Yes, it was me who reported such issue with an Edge 705: empty places
makes it freeze for 30 seconds at each click you scroll in a
place/nearest city list. The thread starts there:
http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/pipermail/mkgmap-dev/2012q1/013897.html This
was solved using

1)  “--bounds=bounds --index --location-autofill=bounds,is_in,nearest
--add-pois-to-areas --name-tag-list=name,place_name” (this will fill
the blanks but you’ll get place duplicates)

or better:

2)  Use "--bounds=bounds --index
--location-autofill=bounds,is_in,nearest --add-pois-to-areas" and in
the style file, change the points file by adding “ & name=*” to each
“place=XXX” entry

I am now trying the new mkgmap-r2336 to see if the problem will
reoccur with the new autofill code. I now use
"--location-autofill=is_in,nearest".

However, I cannot create the bounds files anymore. I was using: java
-jar mkgmap-r2336/mkgmap.jar
--createboundsfile=great_britain-boundaries.osm.pbf
This does not generate the bounds anymore. Am I missing something?

Thanks,
Eric

I am trying the latest mkgmap to see if the problem reoccurs.