[mkgmap-dev] Find by name - experimental patch

Fri Jan 30 12:49:23 GMT 2009

Hi Carlos,

> Thanks for implementing find by name feature. I've been trying to test
> it in a nuvi 300, but I didn't succeed. I used r856 to generate a map
> typing:
> /java -enableassertions -jar mkgmap.jar --route --latin1 --gmapsupp
> --country-name=Espa\361a ../osm2mp/viajes.mp/ 

That looks OK - I haven't tried using --route recently but I can't think
why that would make a difference to the find stuff.

> If I try to search in the resulting map by address, no State/Province is
> found in the database. Also if I try to spell a city, no one appears.
> What I'm I doing wrong? Could you explain how to get this new feature
> functioning? Best in wiki [1] to be useful for more people.

I have only tested this on a eTrex Vista.

I am only finding cities by name, not general POIs.

On the etrex, I use the icons to go to Find and then City. At that
point, it will list the names of cities nearby and you can then either pick
one of the listed names or use the menu to select the "find by name"
function. It then lets me enter the name using the joystick and does the
incremental search.

Just a thought, try setting a country abbreviation as well as the name. On the
etrex, the city names all have the abbreviation as a suffix.

Cheers,

Mark