[mkgmap-dev] Address search: city sometimes missing

Fri Dec 27 10:42:42 GMT 2013

Hi Gerd,

the LocationHook seems to work correct.
Thorsten wrote: "I added some "echotags" to the style file: mkgmap:city 
is set correct to Nuernberg in all cases."

I guess there is a problem with the address index itself.

WanMil

> Hi Thorsten,
>
> it seems that the LocationHook doesn't work in r2912, at least
> not with an old boundary file created 2012.
> Looking at it...
>
> Gerd
>
>  > Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2013 10:25:17 +0100
>  > From: kukuk at suse.de
>  > To: mkgmap-dev at lists.mkgmap.org.uk
>  > Subject: Re: [mkgmap-dev] Address search: city sometimes missing
>  >
>  >
>  > Hi Gerd,
>  >
>  > On Fri, Dec 27, Gerd Petermann wrote:
>  >
>  > > Hi Thorsten,
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > I wasn't able to find specific addresses on my Garmin 62s, even
>  > > if I did know that I entered them in OSM.
>  > >
>  > > does that mean that address search works normally but not for these
>  > > cases ?
>  >
>  > The address search works fine except for these cases, yes.
>  >
>  > So entering in my Garmin 62s:
>  > "Deutschland"
>  > "Nurnberg"
>  > "31"
>  > "Von-der-Tann-Strasse"
>  >
>  > will show me the correct address on the map (could be that you need to
>  > select "Von-der-Tann-Strasse (B4R)", depending on the style).
>  >
>  > Entering "30" instead will not find the Address.
>  > If you repeat the same in Mapsource, but leaving the city
>  > field empty, mapsource will find the address in Nuernberg,
>  > but not if you search for Nuernberg.
>  >
>  > Thorsten
>  >
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>  > Thorsten Kukuk, Senior Architect SLES & Common Code Base
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