[mkgmap-dev] Misc documentation fixes

Fri Jun 19 17:11:36 BST 2020

Hi Mike & Gerd

I don't feel that strongly enough about this issue to say more.

I've changed options[.txt] to remove mention of MapSource and to
generalise the wording slightly in these areas.

Updated patch attached.

The features I've noticed missing in Basecamp are:

- Various routing transport modes that mkgmap supports, eg bus,
delivery, emergency, taxi. truck/hgv support is ambiguous.

- The display of the type and subtype of a POI.

- The full list of subtypes of the searchable types in the find
functionality.

- Exit facilities

Ticker

On Fri, 2020-06-19 at 09:02 +0100, Mike Baggaley wrote:
> I suggest that the command arguments page refers to just current or
> most recent products and that a new web page be used to give
> information on the range of other products that people like to use,
> why they might be used in preference to others and where they can be
> obtained.
> 
> I have just downloaded QMapShack and it loads my GB map, so I suggest
> replacing QLandkarte with QMapShack in the command arguments page.
> 
> Ticker - can you explain what functionality is not available in
> BaseCamp but is available in MapSource? I haven't found anything,
> although as I started from BaseCamp I may well have missed something.
> 
> Cheers,
> Mike
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ticker Berkin [mailto:rwb-mkgmap at jagit.co.uk] 
> Sent: 16 June 2020 10:49
> To: Development list for mkgmap <mkgmap-dev at lists.mkgmap.org.uk>
> Subject: Re: [mkgmap-dev] Misc documentation fixes
> 
> Hi Gerd
> 
> I think mentioning MapSource in the documentation is useful. I had
> not
> used it before and found it trivial to install compared with the
> difficulties there are in installing Basecamp on a Windows 7 machine.
> 
> Once installed it was simpler and faster than Basecamp and had
> capabilities close to my eTrex HCx which seem to have been removed
> from
> Basecamp and newer Garmin devices. I was also pleasantly surprised
> that
> it found my --gmapi maps from the same location as Basecamp uses.
> 
> I also note that the documentation mentions QLandkarte. This has been
> discontinued and QMapShack is recommended instead; but from this
> information I wouldn't remove QLandKarte from the documentation and
> wouldn't add QMapShack unless it is known to work with mkgmap maps.
> 
> Ticker
> 
> On Tue, 2020-06-16 at 08:37 +0000, Gerd Petermann wrote:
> > Hi Ticker,
> > 
> > I like the idea to fix the svn version :) Should work for quite a
> > while...
> > 
> > Not sure why you want to add MapSource again to the documentation?
> > It
> > was removed after this discussion:
> > http://gis.19327.n8.nabble.com/License-File-mapid-000-license-txt-t
> > p5
> > 963502p5963711.html
> > 
> > Gerd
> > 
> > ________________________________________
> > Von: mkgmap-dev <mkgmap-dev-bounces at lists.mkgmap.org.uk> im Auftrag
> > von Ticker Berkin <rwb-mkgmap at jagit.co.uk>
> > Gesendet: Montag, 15. Juni 2020 18:07
> > An: mkgmap development
> > Betreff: [mkgmap-dev] Misc documentation fixes
> > 
> > Hi Gerd
> > 
> > Here are some documentation fixes & improvements + a change to
> > build.xml to use 4 chars for the unknown version number so that
> > offsets
> > match the typical 4 digit svn version number. This minimises noise
> > when
> > comparing the display of internal structures.
> > 
> > I can't tell if I've got the layout in typ-compiler.txt correct
> > until
> > it appears on http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/doc/typ-compiler
> > If it looks bad I'll do another patch.
> > 
> > Ticker
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