[mkgmap-dev] Re: Feedback r991 map on etrex legend HCx

Wed Apr 8 17:10:59 BST 2009

never had an issue with roundabouts. routing and display work fine.
And I am not in UK

On 8 Apr 2009, at 4:41 , stefan at binaervarianz.de wrote:

> Zitat von Toby Speight <T.M.Speight.90 at cantab.net>:
>
>> I too have a Legend HCx.  I find that roundabout routing is fine[*]
>> unless the source data are in error.  If you have a specific example,
>> we can check the OSM data for it (or you could easily do so  
>> yourself).
>
> The two roundabouts I encountered were here
>
> http://openstreetmap.com/?lat=51.10147&lon=10.67444&zoom=17&layers=B000FTF
>
> and I could have sworn that there was another one here
>
> http://openstreetmap.com/?lat=51.100354&lon=10.627655&zoom=18&layers=B000FTFT
>
> but that last one magically disappeared.
>
>
> I will look at them myself this afternoon. But for now I have  
> neither JOSM nor a browser with flash installed at hand.
>
> Just a wild guess: are your 'fine' roundabouts possibly somewhere in  
> GB?
>
>>
>> Stefan> - A lot of POIs are named e.g. UnnamedParking or UnnamedATM
>> Stefan>   (These are translations from my german names). I don't know
>> Stefan>   where the 'Unnamed' string comes from, but it would  
>> surely be
>> Stefan>   better to ignore missing tags instead of printing  
>> 'unnamed'.
>>
>> In English, they are similar (but with a space after "Unnamed").  I
>> think these things are specified in the TYP file.  I'm of a mind to
>> start investigating how TYP files are constructed - but it won't be
>> for a week or so, due to other commitments.  I have a suspicion, for
>> example, that there's a code there to make metres the native altitude
>> unit, obviating the need to convert OSM data to feet.
>
> It's without a space here. The 'have to start looking at the style  
> files' part goes unchanged for me too.
>
> regards
>
> Stefan
>
>
>
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