[mkgmap-dev] [PATCH] Bernhard's POI address autofilling code

Mon Feb 16 08:47:38 GMT 2009

Hi Steve,

> I'd prefere not to mix up the patches.  The current nod branch can be
> merged to trunk now and then the poi branch then updated from the trunk.
> The poi branch should already contain v5 of the patch, perhaps there are a few
> more changes I'm not aware of that need applying.
> 
> Then I'd like to split the POI patch into the parts that work entirely
> on information from the node and the part that implements the
> pois-addresses and location-autofill functionallity.
> I'm fine with the first part to be merged to trunk as soon as possible.
> 
> For the autofill etc. there are other ways that this could be done, for
> example you could supply a separate polygon file that contains all the
> regions, countries or cities.  The Karlsruhe scheme may not be used
> everywhere. The current method of working entirely with the .osm file
> is fine, but I'd like to think about making it
> easy to switch between strategies, using some kind of plugin or filter
> system.  What do you think?

Fine by me. I will hold off commiting it to the nod branch.

I am keen to make use of the efficient locate nearest city function that
Bernhard had written to replace the crap linear search currently used in
the roadname pois code. That makes a huge difference to the processing time
for a large map.

Cheers,

Mark