[mkgmap-dev] highway-symbol and name

Sun Oct 25 18:33:37 GMT 2009

On Oct 25, 2009, at 17:27, Ralf Reimann wrote:

> You are right. On my Etrex Legend HCx it shows (B58 Weseler Strasse)  
> when cursoring over the street. In Mapsource 6.15.6 it shows only (B  
> 58).
>
> But I tested again the routing instructions on my etrex. Turning in  
> any street with a highway-symbol assigned tells me only to turn  
> right or left to the ref (no street name).
> Is it in the Garmin City-Navigator the same?

Hm... City-Navigator seemed to be kind of weird. For example, B58 is  
only referred to as B58, even when I put the cursor over it. On the  
other hand, the cursor displayed either "B57" or "<housenumber>  
Xantener Strasse". So it looks like in this region Garmin labelled the  
major roads with just the references (B58, B57), but then in some  
cases added address information with the street name.

The routing display seems to prefer the Street names though ("Right on  
Weseler Strasse"). (I tested this on a Nüvi, as I don't have Garmin's  
City Navigator on my eTrex.)

Cheers.