[mkgmap-dev] Exception from Format6Encoder

Tue May 18 23:06:31 BST 2010

> The string to encode is "½" (1/2 as single character). This is used as
> housenumber in Wuerzburg:
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=49.801248&lon=9.927579&zoom=18
>
> To solve this I increased the byte buffer provided in encodeText by 1.
> But I'm not sure if this is the right solution.

The maximum size possible is I suppose a lot larger than that (say if a 
name contained several 1/2 symbols).  So we should just pick a number 
that is big enough in practice.

..Steve