[mkgmap-dev] mkgmap in NYC

Tue Oct 21 10:34:30 BST 2014

Hi Ben,

in your rules you refer to name and alt_name, these are not set for most
buildings.
I think you have to refer to e.g. mkgmap:admin_level6

Gerd

Ben Konrath wrote
> Hi everybody,
> 
> Thanks for helping out with this issue. @Brian you can also just send me a
> message direct about issues related to the maps I make. I have some
> changes
> in the style file so the people on this list won't always be able to help
> out. But now that we're talking on this list, I hope other don't mind if
> we
> continue.
> 
> I do actually have some changes for the US and NYC that I have been
> meaning
> to contribute to mkgmap. Now's probably a good time to see if this it
> makes
> sense.
> 
> Here are my rules for the US:
> 
> # United States
> mkgmap:country=USA & mkgmap:region!=* & mkgmap:admin_level4=* { set
> mkgmap:region='${mkgmap:admin_level4}' }
> # New York City has different admin levels than the rest of the US.
> # https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/United_States_admin_level
> mkgmap:country=USA & mkgmap:city!=* & mkgmap:admin_level6=* &
> (name='Manhattan' | alt_name='Manhattan') { set mkgmap:city='New York' }
> mkgmap:country=USA & mkgmap:city!=* & mkgmap:admin_level6=* & (name='The
> Bronx' | alt_name='The Bronx') { set mkgmap:city='The Bronx' }
> mkgmap:country=USA & mkgmap:city!=* & mkgmap:admin_level6=* &
> (name='Brooklyn'| alt_name='Brooklyn') { set mkgmap:city='Brooklyn' }
> mkgmap:country=USA & mkgmap:city!=* & mkgmap:admin_level6=* &
> (name='Queens' | alt_name='Queens') { set mkgmap:city='Queens' }
> mkgmap:country=USA & mkgmap:city!=* & mkgmap:admin_level6=* &
> (name='Staten
> Island' | alt_name='Staten Island') { set mkgmap:city='Staten Island' }
> mkgmap:country=USA & mkgmap:city!=* & mkgmap:admin_level8=* { set
> mkgmap:city='${mkgmap:admin_level8|subst:City of }' }
> 
> I just tried to find 311 W 51 St. in New York but it didn't work as Brian
> pointed out. Can anybody see an obvious problem with my rules? Do I need
> to
> compile the bounds myself for this rule to work?
> 
> Once I get this working properly, I can make a proper patch.
> 
> Thanks, Ben
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 2:37 PM, Greg Troxel &lt;

> gdt at .bbn

> &gt; wrote:
> 
>>
>> Gerd Petermann &lt;

> gpetermann_muenchen@

> &gt; writes:
>>
>> > [1] This is because we use so called "precompiled boundaries", and
>> changing them like that would
>> > require hard coded rules in the source.
>>
>> That might be the right place to fix this.  Unfortunately New York
>> really is a weird case (I don't know of any other such case in the US),
>> but arguably it's important because a lot of people live there :-)
>>
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