[mkgmap-dev] Find by name - experimental patch

Fri Jan 30 17:08:11 GMT 2009

It also seems to have fixed a problem I had on my Edge 605 (See
[mkgmap-dev] Garmin "Feature" or bug? 24/01/09). This also means it will
probably work on an Edge 705.

Thanks

Paul

Mark Burton wrote:
> 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
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