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--></style></head><body lang=DE link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>I am struggling for years now to find a solution for controlling draworder without using TYP.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>It´s not only about some old devices that do not support TYP. The whole range of recent marine devices does not feature TYP! Even super modern GPSmap 7400/7600 or 8400/8600 series with price tag up to 15.000 EUR need maps without TYP.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>So it´s really, really important not to rely on TYP draworder.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0cm'><b><span lang=EN-GB>Von: </span></b><span lang=EN-GB><a href="mailto:osm@pinns.co.uk">nwillink</a><br><b>Gesendet: </b>Sonntag, 23. Oktober 2016 16:28<br><b>An: </b><a href="mailto:mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk">mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk</a><br><b>Betreff: </b>Re: [mkgmap-dev] patch to write polygons in decreasing order<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Just an observation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>To me it only makes sense to order polygons if the user is not using a TYP<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>file.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>TYP files effectively attribute a draworder to different types of polygons.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Sorting polygons into size will work if the user has plotted two polygons of<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>the same type, ie buildings on top of buildings - which is very unusual to<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>say the least<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>It is true that some 'old' non NT Garmin TOPO maps came with a TYP file<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>which did not give polygons a draworder - indeed, you could quickly mess up<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>the layers by giving one or two polygons a draworder.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>--<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>View this message in context: http://gis.19327.n8.nabble.com/patch-to-write-polygons-in-decreasing-order-tp5884038p5884813.html<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Sent from the Mkgmap Development mailing list archive at Nabble.com.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>mkgmap-dev mailing list<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/mkgmap-dev<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>