[mkgmap-dev] Highway name or ref

Wed Apr 7 13:11:46 BST 2010

Tested on etrex vista and the ref - name tag is visible in the routing guidance.

On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 10:37 AM, maning sambale
<emmanuel.sambale at gmail.com> wrote:
> Just to confirm, route instructions are using ref - name.  Tested on
> mac roadtrip and mapsource.  Will try with GPS later.
>
> highway=motorway {name '${ref|highway-symbol:hbox} ${name}' |
> '${ref|highway-symbol:hbox}' | '${name}' ; add display_name = '${ref}
> - ${name}' }
> highway=trunk {name '${ref|highway-symbol:hbox} ${name}' |
> '${ref|highway-symbol:hbox}' | '${name}'; add display_name = '${ref} -
> ${name}' }
> highway=primary {name '${ref|highway-symbol:box} ${name}' |
> '${ref|highway-symbol:box}' | '${name}'; add display_name = '${ref} -
> ${name}' }
> highway=secondary {name '${ref|highway-symbol:oval} ${name}' |
> '${ref|highway-symbol:oval}' | '${name}' ; add display_name = '${ref}
> - ${name}' }
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 5:18 AM, Clinton Gladstone
> <clinton.gladstone at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> On Apr 6, 2010, at 20:51, Lambertus wrote:
>>
>>> Someone on the forum seems to have found the solution:
>>>
>>> Quote by Vclaw:
>>>
>>>> I noticed this same thing on some Garmin maps I was making. I think
>>>> its caused by the highway shields, as the Garmin can't display those
>>>> as well as the name at the same time. I fixed it by setting the
>>>> "display_name" for the highways. eg a style rule like this:
>>>
>>>> highway=primary {name '${ref|highway-symbol:box} ${name}' |
>>>> '${ref|highway-symbol:box}' | '${name}'; add display_name = '$
>>>
>>> It's aparently the second part of this patch of which only the first
>>> part has been committed:
>>> <http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/pipermail/mkgmap-dev/2009q4/005056.html>
>>
>> Yes, I think it was decided not to include the display_name stuff in the default style, since it was unclear if this would be generally useful.
>>
>> However if more people find this helpful, and if we now have more functions which make use of the multiple labels, it may be time to reconsider adding some display_name statements to the lines file in the default style.
>>
>> Cheers.
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>
>
>
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> maning
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