[mkgmap-dev] A contribution to the vocabulary based on the mkgmap default style and typ files.

Sun Aug 9 10:41:42 BST 2020

Hi

I'm interested to learn the source you used for language codes > &0x2F  .

As far as I know Garmin only uses codes up to 0x2E

Regards

Nick

On 08/08/2020 21:42, Randolph J. Herber wrote:
> Hi, all!
>
> First, note the attached file is in JSON format and is inherently UTF-8.
>
> Second, the file contains four sub-tables: point, line, polygon, and 
> language. The first three should be obvious. The language sub-table 
> contains the languages presented. I used the extant codes for the 
> extant languages mentioned in the mkgmap web documentation. I 
> arbitrarily assigned codes for the other languages. Altogether, one 
> hundred three languages are presented. I used Google Translate and am 
> paying for Google's services here. Therefore, this is work-for-hire 
> and I may give them away. Yes, I readily admit some of translations 
> are awkward or even incorrect. There, I request consideration: I 
> intend no offense and corrections are welcome. I tended not to change 
> Eurocentric terms to American terms although in some cases I added the 
> equivalent American term. I expanded some of the phrases in hopes of 
> improving the machine translations.
>
> Third, I feel that all urban areas should be treated equivalently and 
> I note Ticker Berkin's previous comments on that topic, the 
> translations reflect my preferences. I did incorporate Ticker's most 
> significant objection which I did find valid. Also, I feel that an 
> logarithmic scale is appropriate in this application and that 3.2*3.2 
> is 10.24, which is about 10. This allows a good range of population 
> values.
>
> Fourth, I am working on incorporating this material into the default 
> style and typ files, in particular the typ file.
>
> Thank you,
> Randolph J. Herber
>
>
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