[mkgmap-dev] Recycling menu items in the Oregon

Fri Apr 16 09:48:41 BST 2010

Daniela Duerbeck (daniela.duerbeck at gmx.de) wrote:

> Hi!
>
> In the Oregon text strings can be easily changed since they are defined
> in xml-files in a directory inside the flash file system.
> I recycled now e.g. truckstop (0x2f16) to amenity=taxi.
> #amenity=fuel & fuel:HGV_diesel=yes [ 0x2f16 resolution 19 ] must be
> commented out in the point file,
> amenity=taxi [0x2f16 resolution 20] added.
>
> In the german.gtt file in Garmin/text, I changed
>   <str>
>     <tag>TXT_Truck_Stop_STR</tag>
>     <txt>Truckstop</txt>
>   </str>
>
> to
>
>   <str>
>     <tag>TXT_Truck_Stop_STR</tag>
>     <txt>Taxistand</txt>
>   </str>
>
> And I added an icon in my typfile
> and now I can search for the next taxi point. :-)
>
> Dani

Interesting stuff - first step towards hacking the firmware.  Shame  
this doesn't work with all Garmin models.

-- 
Charlie