[mkgmap-dev] [PATCH] Reworked road name pois now supports both OSM and PM files

Wed Feb 4 10:52:41 GMT 2009

Hi Carlos,

> I have to test it further, maybe fake points could appear less visible
> on screen, they can confuse someone.

Agreed, but you can specify the Garmin type code to use for the points:

> By default, it uses Garmin type 0x640a for the pois. If you want to use a
> different type, specify it as the option value: --road-name-pois=0x1234

So, if you find a better code to use, please say.

> > At the moment, it finds the city nearest to the road name poi but that
> > doesn't always give the "best" result. Consider, you could have a road that
> > lies mostly near city A but, by chance, the poi ends up nearer some
> > other city (B). In that case, the road name will be suffixed with B
> > rather than A as you would expect. I am not sure it's worth the effort
> > to fix this.
> >   
> I think this case won't be very often. Could be used is-in instead of
> near as criteria to name road pois?

I don't know how the is-in test would be done. Also, on my maps, there are
lots of small villages/hamlets - some have named roads nearby but you wouldn't
necessarily say that the road was in the nearest village, even though it is
useful to suffix the road name with the nearest village name to distinguish
it from other roads with the same name. Near here, there is at least 5
"Mill Lanes".

Cheers,

Mark