[mkgmap-dev] Index: MDR12 breaking POI search

Wed Jan 19 19:36:20 GMT 2011

Am 19.01.2011 20:15, schrieb WanMil:
> I started to strip down the index branch to things that work so that we
> can add more and more things until we get a running index branch.
>
> As a first step I modified the OSM reader so that there will be no
> special character for sure. All non recognized characters
> ('a'-'z','A'-'Z','0'-'9',' ','-') are replaced by 'Z'. As far as I
> understood the character encoding might be a problem. So replacing all
> problematic characters might help. (see attached patch)
>
> 2nd: I splitted Germany with the default splitter settings so that I get
> big enough tiles.
>
> 3rd: I removed MDR8 and MDR12 from the MDRFile class.
>
> 4th: I compiled a map using 2 tiles from my Germany split.
>
> The result was interesting:
> * POI search works
> * All region search fields are disabled
> * I don't see any more exceptions or crashes in MapSource
> * Street search still has the problem with the message "Selected street
> is not allowed in this map product" (translated from german...)
> * Most of the country information is set to ABC. I don't know if that
> has something to do with removing the --make-poi-index option?
>
>
> I observed the same result when I added the MDR8.
> Adding MDR12 returns to the old behaviour with exceptions and MapSource
> crashes.
>
> WanMil
>

Compiling a map
- with the index_nospecialchars_v1.patch: Region field disabled
- without the index_nospecialchars_v1.patch: Region field enabled

I do not understand...
WanMil