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[mkgmap-dev] process-exits and Oregon 600

From michael lohr micha.lohr at web.de on Thu Jun 4 11:04:02 BST 2015

Hi Gerd
yes all fine - we should just update the documentation: I didn't know 08 
and 09 are special and had to find out the hard way...

Micha

Am 04.06.2015 um 11:57 schrieb Gerd Petermann:
> Hi Micha,
>
> okay, same effect: no 0x09 type for the motorway_link.
> My understanding is that the types 0x08 and 0x09 are special
> as they tell Garmin to use the name of the next road which doesn't
> have 0x08 or 0x09 as the hint.
>
> So, you need a part of the link that is 0x08/0x09 and
> the hint on the next part of the link which is NOT 0x08/0x09.
>
> That's what the default style does. OK?
>
> Gerd
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2015 11:51:26 +0200
> From: micha.lohr at web.de
> To: mkgmap-dev at lists.mkgmap.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [mkgmap-dev] process-exits and Oregon 600
>
> Hi Gerd,
> in 3602 (which i used) these are lines 118/119.
>
> I meant changing
>
> highway=motorway_link [0x09 road_class=3 road_speed=2 resolution 20]
>
> to
>
> highway=motorway_link { name 'generic_exit' } [0x02 road_class=3 
> road_speed=2 resolution 20]
>
> Micha
>
>
> Am 04.06.2015 um 11:47 schrieb Gerd Petermann:
>
>     Hi Micha,
>
>     lines 119 and 120  in lines (r3605) are:
>     highway=motorway_link & (mkgmap:exit_hint=true |
>     mkgmap:dest_hint=true) [0x06 road_class=3 road_speed=2 resolution 20]
>     highway=motorway_link [0x09 road_class=3 road_speed=2 resolution 20]
>
>     If you change line 119 as suggested the rule in line 120
>     is never triggered, therefore you will not have a type 0x09 for the
>     motorway_link.
>
>     Gerd
>
>
>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>     Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2015 11:36:01 +0200
>     From: micha.lohr at web.de <mailto:micha.lohr at web.de>
>     To: mkgmap-dev at lists.mkgmap.org.uk
>     <mailto:mkgmap-dev at lists.mkgmap.org.uk>
>     Subject: Re: [mkgmap-dev] process-exits and Oregon 600
>
>     Hi Gerd,
>     trying to reproduce the problem with the default style made things
>     clearer. If you change line 119 in "lines" to:
>
>     highway=motorway_link { name 'generic_exit' } [0x02 road_class=3
>     road_speed=2 resolution 20]
>
>     routing hints point to "generic_exit". I did a few more test, and
>     it seems that there's two ways to get proper routing:
>
>     1. Make segments 1 & 3 polyline 0x09 (named or not doesn't
>     matter), and segment 2 any type except 0x08 or 0x09 (didn't test
>     that, taken from the documentation)
>     2. If segments 1 & 3 are not 0x09 then don't name them, and again
>     segment 2 any type except 0x08 or 0x09
>
>     Micha
>
>     Am 04.06.2015 um 09:30 schrieb Gerd Petermann:
>
>         Hi Micha,
>
>         it's hard to understand without seeing your complete style.
>         Maybe you can post a link to it?
>         If not, please describe in detail how to reproduce the problem
>         with the default style and give an example route
>         that shows what you get with and without the modification.
>
>         thanks,
>         Gerd
>
>         ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>         Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2015 09:20:23 +0200
>         From: micha.lohr at web.de <mailto:micha.lohr at web.de>
>         To: mkgmap-dev at lists.mkgmap.org.uk
>         <mailto:mkgmap-dev at lists.mkgmap.org.uk>
>         Subject: Re: [mkgmap-dev] process-exits and Oregon 600
>
>         Hi Gerd,
>         my style did (in this order) assign hints to exits, and at the
>         very end, assign generic names to all "leftover" unnamed
>         roads. This produced exits in 3 segments named "GENERIC_NAME",
>         "EXIT_HINT", "GENERIC_NAME" - so mkgmap worked just as
>         expected. But: the Oregon now shows "GENERIC_NAME" during
>         routing, not "EXIT_HINT". After removing the generic names
>         from the 1st and the 3rd segment, everything workes fine.
>
>         So I draw two conclusions from this:
>
>         Either: mkgmap simly assigns the exit hints to all 3 segments
>         (do we need 3 segments at all, then?), though I don't know
>         what else might be influenced by this
>
>         Or: documentation needs to be updated concerning the exit_hints
>
>         Micha
>
>
>         Am 04.06.2015 um 09:09 schrieb Gerd Petermann:
>
>             Hi Micha,
>
>             now I am no longer sure what you are talking about. You
>             said that your
>             problem was solved by removing the line
>             highway=motorway_link & mkgmap:label:1!=* { set
>             mkgmap:label:1 = 'Exit' }
>             from your style. I tried to find out why this line
>             causes trouble and found no reason as long
>             as the line doesn't appear before the blocks for the hints
>             which start at line 36 in the default style file lines of
>             r3605:
>             (highway=motorway_link | highway=trunk_link) &
>             mkgmap:exit_hint=true & mkgmap:dest_hint=true
>             ....
>
>             I don't use the device for testing, I create a route in
>             MapSource and check
>             the list of "directions".
>
>             Gerd
>
>
>             ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>             Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2015 08:56:37 +0200
>             From: micha.lohr at web.de <mailto:micha.lohr at web.de>
>             To: mkgmap-dev at lists.mkgmap.org.uk
>             <mailto:mkgmap-dev at lists.mkgmap.org.uk>
>             Subject: Re: [mkgmap-dev] process-exits and Oregon 600
>
>             Hi Gerd,
>             the exits were always named correctly, I checked that by
>             looking directly into the img-files. The GPS just wouldn't
>             display the hint.
>
>             Am 04.06.2015 um 07:19 schrieb Gerd Petermann:
>
>                 Hi Micha,
>
>                 I cannot yet reproduce your result. I tried this:
>                 Add the line
>
>                 highway=motorway_link & mkgmap:label:1!=* { set
>                 mkgmap:label:1 = 'Exit' }
>
>                 in the default style file at line 65, before the line
>
>                 highway=* {name '${name}' | '${ref}' }
>
>                 Execute mkgmap with options --route --process-exits
>                 --process-destinationand this modified style.
>                 I see the right hint for node 988993419.
>
>                 Maybe you placed the line before those for the exit hint?
>                 In that case it is clear that the exit hints don't
>                 work because those rules
>                 use the name action which has no effect when
>                 mkgmap:label:1 is already set.
>
>                 If that doesn't help, please provide more details.
>
>                 Gerd
>
>                 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>                 Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2015 18:47:00 +0200
>                 From: micha.lohr at web.de <mailto:micha.lohr at web.de>
>                 To: mkgmap-dev at lists.mkgmap.org.uk
>                 <mailto:mkgmap-dev at lists.mkgmap.org.uk>
>                 Subject: Re: [mkgmap-dev] process-exits and Oregon 600
>
>                 Hi Gerd, hi Bernd
>                 it works because the default style does not name the
>                 outer segments (intentionally?). My style treated
>                 exits pretty much the same way, with one addition:
>
>                 highway=motorway_link & mkgmap:label:1!=* { set
>                 mkgmap:label:1 = 'Exit' }
>
>                 Deleting this line and so not naming the outer
>                 segments did the trick. As far as I can tell, line
>                 type does not make any difference.
>
>                 Micha
>
>                 Am 03.06.2015 um 18:29 schrieb GerdP:
>
>                     Hi Michael,
>
>                     please check how the default style uses the hint. I think it works
>                     fine.
>
>                     Gerd
>
>
>                     michael lohr wrote
>
>                         Hi Gerd,
>                         my 1st assumption was that I set the road_speed too high, and the
>                         routing would "jump" overthe 2nd part to the 3rd, 2nd assumption was to
>                         use a different line type - changing both things made no difference.
>
>                         Am 03.06.2015 um 17:59 schrieb GerdP:
>
>                             Hi Michael,
>
>
>                             michael lohr wrote
>
>                                 Finally found the reason: my style assigns generic names to unnamed
>                                 roads, so the segments of a motorway_link were named "GENERIC_NAME",
>                                 "EXIT_HINT", "GENERIC_NAME". As soon as a name is present on either the
>                                 1st or the 3rd segment the Oregon would use this name for routing (btw,
>                                 contrary the my previous posts: the Oregon 450 also behaves like that).
>
>                                 Which brings up this question: why not assign the exit_hint to all 3
>                                 segments in the first place?
>
>                             My understanding is that the style should be able to use a different
>                             type (not 0x08 / 0x09) for that small 2nd part, so that Garmin uses
>                             the name of it as a hint.
>
>                             Gerd
>
>
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