[mkgmap-dev] [PATCH v5] - Code around highway shield crap when sorting labels

Sun Mar 21 23:26:33 GMT 2010

On 21.03.2010 23:36, Mark Burton wrote:
> Also, for those of you wondering why the display names and other refs
> are not showing up in the mapsource address search - it's because the
> MDR building code only reads the first label for a road and ignores any
> others. Shame that. I don't think there's a good reason why it couldn't
> read the other labels, it's just doesn't do that at the moment. BTW -
> the basic address search on the etrex and Nuvi still sees those
> alternative road labels.
>    
Your right, it would really be needed that all of the three combinations 
of name and ref are searchable independently.
"name"
"ref name"
"ref"
> So, those people who are tracking this patch series, please test and if
> it doesn't bite your arse, I will commit it soonish
>
>    
I'll do tomorrow evening. Feel free to commit before however.