[mkgmap-dev] Find by name - experimental patch

Fri Jan 30 13:30:44 GMT 2009

Carlos,

> I see the find function interface is different in eTrex and Nuvi. In
> nuvi, you have several ways to find a place:
> -Address: when you select this one, you are prompted about a
> State/Province and you have to spell it. If your spelling doesn't match
> a name in the device database you can't continue with the next step,
> City/Postal code. Currently no State name appears in my mkgmap generated
> maps, despite the use of --country-name option.
> -Find by name: you can spell name of any POI. As cities are treated as
> poi's (if I understood right), they should be in the database, but they
> aren't.
> > 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.
> >   
> I did, but nothing changed.

I don't know what's wrong but you could at least check that the img file
contains the names.

Get gpsmapedit if you don't already have it and open your gmapsupp.img.

Go to Tools->Edit Postal Address Items and check that you can see your
country/region/city names.

If they are visible and look like you expect then, obviously, we need to
do more work on this to make it function on the Nuvi.

Cheers,

Mark