[mkgmap-dev] Building northeast map

Thu Oct 30 02:38:17 GMT 2014

Thanks Gerd,

I've been adding/fixing city boundaries in my area, so I'm trying to create
my own bounds file. If an admin_level2 can't be found, does it use the
*--country-abbr
*option?

Brian

On Wed Oct 29 2014 at 3:28:37 AM Gerd Petermann <
gpetermann_muenchen at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Brian,
>
> I think your problem is caused by the fact that your input file doesn't
> contain the boundary for the USA.
> That's the reason for the --bounds option, the typical use is to download
> the boundaries for planet
> from e.g.
> http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/download/mkgmap.html
>
> If you want to create your own bounds file, you should make sure to have
> complete continents.
>
> The style rules in the inc/address  file expect that
> mkgmap:admin_level2=USA
> but this will not happen if the bounds file doesn't contain enough of the
> boundary.
>
> Gerd
>
> ------------------------------
> From: brianegge at gmail.com
> Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 01:53:28 +0000
> To: mkgmap-dev at lists.mkgmap.org.uk
> Subject: [mkgmap-dev] Building northeast map
>
>
> I've built my own gmappsup for the US Northeast and loaded it into my
> Garmin. My script for doing so is roughly as follows:
>
> [[ us-northeast-latest.osm.bz2 -nt northeast.om5 ]] && bzcat
> us-northeast-latest.osm.bz2 | ../osmconvert/osmconvert - -o=northeast.om5
> [[ northeast.om5 -nt northeast-boundaries.o5m ]] && ../osmfilter/osmfilter
> northeast.om5 --keep-nodes= --keep-ways-relations="boundary=administrative
> =postal_code postal_code=" -o=northeast-boundaries.o5m
> java -cp ../mkgmap/dist/mkgmap.jar
> uk.me.parabola.mkgmap.reader.osm.boundary.BoundaryPreprocessor
> northeast-boundaries.o5m bounds/
>
> java -jar ../mkgmap/dist/mkgmap.jar \
>   --gmapsupp \
>   --mapname=20355490 \
>   --description="Northeast United States" \
>   --country-name="United States" \
>   --country-abbr=US \
>   --region-name="Northeast" \
>   --region-abbr=NE \
>   --index \
>   --location-autofill=nearest \
>   --housenumbers \
>   --route \
>   --add-pois-to-areas \
>   --bounds=bounds \
>   --add-pois-to-areas \
>   --process-destination \
>   --process-exits \
>   *.osm.pbf
>
> I've loaded the result onto my Garmin Nuvi. When I attempt to do an
> address search, it first asks me for the City, but the cities I'm looking
> for don't show up in the search. Oddly, when it shows the closest cities I
> can see some of them, but when I do a text search it shows distant
> oddballs. For example, with 'New York', I see:
> New York, FL
> New York, TX
> New York Mills, MN
>
> None of these are the New York I'm looking for. I don't even think they
> are in my input file, but are perhaps coming from the internal memory on my
> GPS.
>
> It does appear the NYC addresses are working better - I can see the Bronx
> Zoo is in The Bronx and Carnegie Hall is in New York, however, I can't key
> in an address to see if it works because of the address search issue.
>
> Another thing which has me puzzled is why some POIs are not showing the
> city/state. For example Desert Moon Grille
> <http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/3139391561> is in Danbury
> <http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/33271879>, Connecticut. I can find it
> doing a Food POI search. That works fine. But, when I select it, it shows
> "Not_set, Fairfield County". Nomination gets the address perfect: Desert
> Moon Fresh Mexican Grille, 113, Mill Plain Road, Danbury, Fairfield County,
> Connecticut, United States of America
> <http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/3139391561> . I'm compiling my own
> bounds file, so I'm surprised it hasn't worked.
>
> Brian
>
>
>
>
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