[mkgmap-dev] [PATCH v1] garmin_area() style function

Sat Jul 20 21:27:34 BST 2013

Am 20.07.2013 13:23, schrieb Greg Troxel:
> WanMil <wmgcnfg at web.de> writes:
>
>> area_size() gives the area size on resolution 24. Your effects must have
>> another reason.
> Maybe the function should be garmin24_area() instead, then.   I
> understand that it's good to have area in garmin units because that's
> the constraint this is intended to address, but this is confusing.
>
> Presumably there is also an area() that is in m^2, for people thinking
> in larger scales about logical size, not garmin units.
I think it wouold be better to have a conversion in the documentation.

Henning