[mkgmap-dev] mkgmap-dev Digest, Vol 166, Issue 11

Wed May 25 18:58:17 BST 2022

Hi Folks,

I think it is Basecamp trying to be clever, thinking it is a Scottish name.

I traced an item : McDuffs Monument in the .mp file; MCDUFFS MONUMENT in
the compiled .img file from MKGMAP but displayed as McDuffs Monument in
Basecamp.

Kind regards,

John

On Wed, 25 May 2022 at 18:08, <mkgmap-dev-request at lists.mkgmap.org.uk>
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> Date: Wed, 4 May 2022 09:29:40 +0200
> Subject: [mkgmap-dev] Name Capitalisation with Mkgmap
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> I have noticed that in maps I compile of Zambia some of the place names
> have incorrect capitalization. I complied a map using the most basic
> options with both splitter and mkgmap to make sure it had nothing to do
> with any of my styles or options, the commands were as follows:
>
>
>
> java -jar -Xmx2g `
>
>
> C:\Users\Dave\Documents\Maps\Utils\splitter\splitter.jar `
>
>
> "C:\Users\Dave\Documents\Maps\Data\zambia-latest.osm.pbf" `
>
>                               --output=pbf `
>
>
> --output-dir="C:\Users\Dave\Documents\Maps\Temp\Split_files"
>
>
>
> Java -jar -Xmx7g `
>
>                C:\Users\Dave\Documents\Maps\Utils\mkgmap\mkgmap.jar `
>
>                --gmapi `
>
>                --output-dir="C:\Users\Dave\Documents\Maps\Temp\Output Map"
> `
>
>                -c
> "C:\Users\Dave\Documents\Maps\Temp\Split_files\template.args"
>
>
>
> I have attached  screenshots from BaseCamp to indicate the problem.
>
>
>
> The first is just over the border in Malawi, the Mchingi Forest Reserve,
> which is shown as McHingi, the ‘H’ should not be capitalised. There is also
> a town named Mchingi not shown and a mountain with the same name not mapped
> in OSM.
>
>
>
> The second is of a place in Zambia called Shiwa Ng’andu, shown as Shiwa
> Ng’Andu, again the ‘A’ should not be capitalised, the apostrophe here
> indicates how the word Ng’andu is pronounced, a glottal stop. There used to
> be more examples of the glottal stop apostrophes in Zambian place names
> such as the town M’kushi but it seems that this practice is being dropped
> and the town name is now officially spelt Mkushi as is the district and
> river.
>
>
>
> In both these cases I have checked and the OSM data is correct, so I am
> not sure if it is something hard coded in mkgmap or there is a way to
> correct it with options.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave
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