[mkgmap-dev] indexing stuff

Fri Nov 6 13:34:19 GMT 2009

Du Plessis, Bennie escribió:
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Valentijn Sessink [mailto:valentyn at blub.net]
> Sent: 05 November 2009 17:43 PM
> To: Development list for mkgmap
> Subject: [mkgmap-dev] indexing stuff
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> Hello list,
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> I tried the indexing stuff for the first time. It does work a little
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> bit: it will find the location of streets if I select them from the list
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> of all streets. However, I can't seem to search for streets or cities.
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> Also, the country of all these is "country" and in the list of cities,
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> there is an "ABC" behind the names - could that be a hard coded state
> name?
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> (I suppose the above is just how it works now and nothing to worry about).
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> Best regards,
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> Valentijn
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> Hi Valentijn,
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> No, I don't think this is just how it works now.
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> I get the impression that some people has fully functional address
> search on their devices? Someone please confirm.
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> For myself address search is still not available on the device.
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> I have tried Felix' mtb maps of my area, and the problem remains. So I
> don't think my compiling methods (options used) is to blame.
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> Possibilities are:
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>       1) Not all devices can cope with -–index.
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> I use Nuvi200W, someone had exact same complain using Nuvi250 "Device
> asks for province/state and can't find any"
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Similar in nuvi 300, but only asks for state
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> Problem is that with the original Garmin map my device ask for
> country, and then city- never province
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>       2) OSM input data insufficient. Maybe there is no address data
> in the file and that might be what is required?
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> I see a lot of "fix my address" labels that I can't find in the OSM
> data, so might be generated by mkgmap?
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Yes, that is added by mkgmap to all POI's lacking address information.
It's just a message to the user to complete that information.