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<p>Hi, all,</p>
<p>I agree with the addition of the option --add-google-plus.</p>
<p>Since I do not know the locations of most villages, town, and
cities in the cities500 file, naming the tiles after such entities
is not as helpful as I would like. My problems occur in Garmin
MapSource and in Garmin devices (I have over a dozen), where the
tile description is often the only indication of the location of
the problem. The villages, towns, and cities' name at least make
the descriptions unique. That is why I prefer a description that
gives me a location directly.</p>
<p>I found out why I was not getting the KML file that I had
requested. The problem came from not reading the splitter
documentation carefully enough . I had overlooked the error
message that would have told me the file's proposed directory did
not exist.</p>
<p>I got the kml file and used Google Earth to view it. No labels
appear directly. I clicked on the tile in the northeast tile to
see the text bubble.<br>
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<p><img src="cid:part1.37CC2487.46EB3BD4@gmail.com" alt=""></p>
<p>A dictionary is not a thesaurus. A dictionary helps find the
meaning of a word. A thesaurus helps finding a word for a meaning.</p>
<p>Ein Wörterbuch ist kein Thesaurus. Ein Wörterbuch hilft dabei,
die Bedeutung eines Wortes zu finden. Ein Thesaurus hilft dabei,
ein Wort für eine Bedeutung zu finden.</p>
<p>I am trying to go the opposite direction than the other
suggestions.</p>
<p>As for the licensing issues, please see <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://plus.codes/terms">Google
Plus Codes Terms of Use</a>. They are quite liberal.<br>
</p>
<p>Randolph J. Herber<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/10/2020 3:21 AM, Ticker Berkin
wrote:<br>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Hi
I'd go for the idea of having the specific option eg --add-google-plus.
Also, as a slight modification to the patch that increases the area
beyond the tile looking for a city, maybe limit it double the tile size
before giving up and just describing the tile with the mapName.
Ticker
On Fri, 2020-04-10 at 06:46 +0000, Gerd Petermann wrote:
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Hi Randolph,
when I want to visualize the calulcated areas I use --write
-kml=splitter.kml. The output file splitter.kml can be used in JOSM
(with a plugin) as well as in Google Earth,
if you prefer that. The use in JOSM helps me to find issues where a
tile border might be involved.
Anyhow, if others are interested I would use your patch with a
different option, something like --add-google-plus which would either
add the code to the city name or to the given description or to an
empty string so that splitter would always generate a unique tile
description.
Gerd
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Von: Randolph J. Herber <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:army.bronze.star@gmail.com"><army.bronze.star@gmail.com></a>
Gesendet: Freitag, 10. April 2020 02:17
An: Development list for mkgmap; Gerd Petermann; Mike Baggaley;
Ticker Berkin
Betreff: Re: [mkgmap-dev] splitter and options --description / -
-geonames-file
Hi, all!
Yes, it helps.
It was not what I had in mind.
[Fragment of template.args showing the OLC or Google Plus
Codes that were added.]
These codes can be directly used to show the area in question: EG
-Alexandria:8G3F5W00+<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="https://plus.codes/8G3F5W00+"><https://plus.codes/8G3F5W00+></a>
[Image of Alexandria, Egypt, area referenced.]
and for an Egyptian area with no cities with a population as large as
15 000: EgyptUC:7GJM0000+<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="https://plus.codes/7GJM0000+"><https://plus.codes/7GJM0000+></a>
[Large area in southern Egypt with no cities as large as 15
thousand people.]
This area is in southern Egypt.
The differences in AreaList.java, in Unix format are in the attached
differences file.
The modified AreaList.java files in the attached java file.
Can you now understand what I want and why?
Randolph J. Herber
On 4/9/2020 9:48 AM, Gerd Petermann wrote:
Hi all,
sorry, I think some mails where not sent to the list. I've attached a
patch that adds a number to the city name when --geonames-file is
used and multiple tiles
are close to that city.
I fear I don't know in what situation these names are important. So,
please try if this improves something.
Gerd
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