[mkgmap-dev] Re: name in style file

Sat Jun 27 18:29:42 BST 2009

0> In article <4A464D60.6090707 at free.fr>,
0> frmas <URL:mailto:frmas at free.fr> ("Frmas") wrote:

Frmas> I use the following line in my points style file :
Frmas> natural=peak   {name '${name}'} [0x661d resolution 20]
Frmas>
Frmas> I have the appropriate 0x661d icon in my .TYP file.
Frmas>
Frmas> The icon is well displayed on my Garmin, but not the name of the
Frmas> peak.

Works for me on my ETrex (though I use the builtin TYP of 0x6616).
Have you double-checked that your TYP file has the appropriate label
attributes?  Do you get the name when you select the peak on the
device?

Frmas> Second question : Is it possible to have the elevation displayed
Frmas> on the map too ? What do I have to write in my points file to
Frmas> succeed ?  Something like :
Frmas>
Frmas> natural=peak  { name '${name} ${ele}' | '${name}' | '${ele}' }
Frmas> [0x661d resolution 20]

Find the patch I submitted a couple of months ago (in the list archive - I
think it's called the "highway symbols" patch); with that patch applied,
then my 'points' style looks like

/--------
| natural=peak {name '${name|def:}${ele|height:m=>ft|def:}' } [0x6616 resolution 18]
\--------

Without the patch, then what you have written is the next best thing
(but won't take account of changing the height units in your device's
settings).