[mkgmap-dev] difference between addlabel and poi-address

Sun Jan 18 15:54:21 GMT 2015

Hi Walter,

I see that mkgmap fills the address info, and it also seems to write it, 
but MapSource seems to ignore it. I have no experience with this.
Maybe this happens because of the big number of POIs?

Gerd

> From: Walter.Schloegl-Resch at aon.at
> To: mkgmap-dev at lists.mkgmap.org.uk
> Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2015 15:21:35 +0100
> Subject: Re: [mkgmap-dev] difference between addlabel and poi-address
> 
> Hi Gerd,
> 
> I have tried with { set mkgmap:postal_code=... } but it's also not working.
> 
> Since all POIs are getting the address automatically,
> I do not understand why the pure address POI is not getting it in the same 
> way.
> 
> With this code (and the option --poi-address):
> 
>     addr:housenumber=* { name '${addr:housenumber}' }    [0x1e04 resolution 
> 24]
> 
> I would expect, that 0x1e04 is a POI with the name equal to housenumber 
> (e.g. 19)
> and an address field filled with "Street 19, 1234 City"
> 
> Setting some special mkgmap fields with the address manually would be just a 
> workaround,
> if the address is not working for pure address POIs.
> 
> Otherwise it would be better, if I could find the original error that I'm 
> making.
> 
> Walter
> 
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- 
> From: GerdP
> Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2015 1:05 PM
> To: mkgmap-dev at lists.mkgmap.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [mkgmap-dev] difference between addlabel and poi-address
> 
> Hi Walter,
> 
> setting addr:postcode has no effect on POIs as long as you don't
> use that info to set also mkgmap:postal_code.
> 
> Gerd
> 
> 
> Walter Schlögl wrote
> > Hi Gerd,
> >
> > thanks for this hint, I have played around with it and was successfull in
> > most of the cases.
> >
> > Here my working solutions:
> >
> > ok 1) If there is opening_hours set, show this info before the phone
> > number.
> >
> > opening_hours=*   { set mkgmap:phone=' (${opening_hours})
> > ${mkgmap:phone|def:}' }
> >
> > ok 2) If there is a website, show this info after the phone number.
> >
> > website=*   { set mkgmap:phone='${mkgmap:phone|def:} ${website}' }
> >
> > In one example I was not successfull.
> > I am generating 1-point POIs for all points where only the addr tags are
> > set, but no other tags available.
> > This will show all the housenumbers in low resolution.
> > As addr info I would like to get the full addr incl. street, postcode and
> > so on.
> > I tried with different solutions but nothing worked, I am getting the
> > name-tag filled but not the addr-field.
> >
> > Here my code:
> >
> > addr:housenumber=* | addr:unit=* | addr:door=*
> > { name '${addr:unit}/${addr:door}' |
> >   '${addr:housenumber}/${addr:unit}' |
> >   '${addr:door}' |
> >   '${addr:unit}' |
> >   '${addr:housenumber}';
> >   set addr:postcode='${addr:street|def:} ${addr:housenumber|def:}
> > ${addr:postcode|def:} ${addr:city|def:} ${addr:country|def:}'
> > }    [0x1e04 resolution 24]
> >
> > The first part is working fine, I can see the housenumber or unit + door
> > on all buildings and also as point if there is no building.
> > The second part is not working, the postcode tag is not written into the
> > addr-field.
> >
> > Is there any restriction with the addr-field of the POI-info if no other
> > tags are available than the addr:xxx tags?
> >
> > Walter
> >
> >
> > From: Gerd Petermann
> > Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2015 7:40 AM
> > To:
> 
> > mkgmap-dev at .org
> 
> >
> > Subject: Re: [mkgmap-dev] difference between addlabel and poi-address
> >
> > Hi Walter,
> >
> > I think the POI info is filled in StyledConverter. This source snippet
> > shows the corresponding tags:
> >     private static final short countryTagKey =
> > TagDict.getInstance().xlate("mkgmap:country");
> >     private static final short regionTagKey =
> > TagDict.getInstance().xlate("mkgmap:region");
> >     private static final short cityTagKey =
> > TagDict.getInstance().xlate("mkgmap:city");
> >     private static final short postal_codeTagKey =
> > TagDict.getInstance().xlate("mkgmap:postal_code");
> >     private static final short streetTagKey =
> > TagDict.getInstance().xlate("mkgmap:street");
> >     private static final short housenumberTagKey =
> > TagDict.getInstance().xlate("mkgmap:housenumber");
> >     private static final short phoneTagKey =
> > TagDict.getInstance().xlate("mkgmap:phone");
> >
> > Be aware that some values like mkgmap:street and mkgmap:housenumber are
> > used for the --housenumbers
> > option as well, and others are used for the indexes.
> > I think the only tag that can be used for other purposes is mkgmap:phone.
> >
> > Gerd
> >
> >
> >> From:
> 
> > Walter.Schloegl-Resch@
> 
> >> To:
> 
> > mkgmap-dev at .org
> 
> >> Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 00:24:11 +0100
> >> Subject: Re: [mkgmap-dev] difference between addlabel and poi-address
> >>
> >> Hi WanMil,
> >>
> >> thanks, so I know now that my device can show address info but no
> >> additional
> >> label info.
> >>
> >> I am trying to add specific information to the field that is normaly used
> >> for address.
> >>
> >> Is there any direct way via command or any indirect way via overrulement
> >> of
> >> special fields?
> >>
> >> I found one exampe 4.5 on page 29 of the Style rules docu,
> >> but this is only showing how to overrule the postcode parameter.
> >>
> >> Walter
> >>
> >> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- 
> >> From: WanMil
> >> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2015 10:16 PM
> >> To: Development list for mkgmap
> >> Subject: Re: [mkgmap-dev] difference between addlabel and poi-address
> >>
> >> Hi Walter,
> >>
> >> you are right. POIs have address fields that are usually filled by
> >> mkgmap and that is what you see.
> >>
> >> Each POI also have 4 label fields but usually only the first label is
> >> shown (but that might also differ between differnent devices).
> >>
> >> WanMil
> >>
> >> > I’m not sure but I think I am mixing 2 things up.
> >> > When I enable poi-address I can see the address field of the POI filled
> >> > with the address on my Oregon device.
> >> > When I set no-poi-address and try to fill the address field
> >> individually
> >> > by using addlabel,
> >> > and do not see these labels in the POI address field.
> >> > Maybe addlabel is filling total different fields not available on my
> >> > Oregon.
> >> > Can anybody approve my assumption?
> >> > Is it right, that the Oregan is not displaying the 4 addlabel fields?
> >> > Walter
> >> >
> >> >
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