[mkgmap-dev] useless rules in default style inc/address

Thu Nov 27 17:09:01 GMT 2014

Hi Carlos,

okay, got it. Maybe we can add a style function to convert from/to ISO
codes.

Gerd

Carlos Dávila-2 wrote
> El 27/11/14 a las 16:22, GerdP escribió:
>> Hi Carlos,
>>
>> I am not sure what you mean, but mkgmap doesn't contain java code to
>> set or evaluate the tags addr:country or is_in:country.
>>
>> Gerd
>>
>>
>> Carlos Dávila-2 wrote
>>> El 27/11/14 a las 15:36, Gerd Petermann escribió:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> the default style file inc/address starts with these three rules:
>>>> # first set the country code
>>>> mkgmap:country!=* & mkgmap:admin_level2=* { set
>>>> mkgmap:country='${mkgmap:admin_level2}' }
>>>> mkgmap:country!=* & addr:country=* { set
>>>> mkgmap:country='${addr:country}' }
>>>> mkgmap:country!=* & is_in:country=* { set
>>>> mkgmap:country='${is_in:country}' }
>>>>
>>>> I found no code in the mkgmap java sources that sets mkgmap:country,
>>>> so the first rule
>>>> will always set mkgmap:country unless one manipulates the OSM data.
>>>>
>>>> The following rules evaluate mkgmap:country and expect the ISO 1366
>>>> code with 3 characters, e.g. DEU
>>>> for Germany.
>>>> The wiki for tag addr:country says that it should contain the 2
>>>> character ISO code, e.g. DE for Germany.
>>>> The is_in:country tag contains the country name, not the iso code.
>>>>
>>>> I think we should remove the two useless rules unless someone finds a
>>>> working alternative.
>>>>
>>>> Gerd
>>>>
>>> LocatorConfig.xml contains 2 and 3 character ISO codes for each country.
>>> Could it be that mkgmap assigns the 3 char ISO code to mkgmap:country
>>> using it when addr:country or is_in:country are evaluated?
>>>
> I meant that perhaps if mkgmap finds addr:country=DE it reads in 
> LocatorConfig that DE ISO 2 corresponds to DEU ISO 3 and assings DEU to 
> mkgmap:country, but if it has no code to evaluate addr:country it's not 
> possible.
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