[mkgmap-dev] [PATCH v1] Merge similar lines and ways

Sat Aug 15 12:04:27 BST 2009

Hi Thilo,

> The attached will merge lines that are similar* after styling. It is  
> activated by the switch "--merge-lines".
> 
> As there are less way fragments, the Douglas-Peucker filter will work  
> better and the routing should improve somewhat, because the ways will  
> be longer and the routing algorithm won't give up too soon. The size  
> of the resulting map is reduced a little bit as well.
> 
> The patch is based on code published by Johann Gail on this mailing  
> list.
> 

Will this cause a problem with ways that have been split on purpose
because they are longer than the maximum allowed arc length?

Cheers,

Mark