[mkgmap-dev] [PATCH] Alpha code for Highway Symbols

Mon Apr 6 17:47:34 BST 2009

0> In article <4dda9d8f0904060852p6d70d32ci1878bb9f4e72e7bb at mail.gmail.com>,
0> Clinton Gladstone <URL:mailto:clinton.gladstone at googlemail.com> ("Clinton") wrote:

Clinton> Regarding the syntax for hex characters in the style file, I
Clinton> wonder if allowing arbitrary hex chars is an appropriate
Clinton> solution.
Clinton>
Clinton> - As far as I know, there are a limited number of known
Clinton>   control characters which make sense for inserting into
Clinton>   element names.
Clinton>
Clinton> - The codes for the same symbols vary depending on the 6 or 8
Clinton>   (or 10?)  bit encoding for the label file.

Do we have the encodings somewhere?  I got my values from the
GroundTruth manual page:

<URL: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/GroundTruth_Manual#Special_Symbols >

Clinton> - Would it be more elegant to have something like
Clinton>   ${motorway-symbol} in the style file, and coding to make
Clinton>   the appropriate translations?

Possibly - when you say "something like", obviously not that exact
syntax, because of the conflict with value substition.