[mkgmap-dev] Keep left/right to xxx

Wed Mar 4 20:01:27 GMT 2009

Toby Speight wrote:
> 0> In article <20090304190155.3fcd1907 at crow>,
> 0> Mark Burton <URL:mailto:markb at ordern.com> ("Mark") wrote:
> 
> Mark> Yes, instructions are not our strong point at the moment. Some
> Mark> work is obviously required there. It would be great if we could
> Mark> sort the instructions for roundabouts, lane changes, etc. I feel
> Mark> some more late nights coming on!
> 
> If you're looking at this, don't forget exits.  OSM has exit numbers
> in the form highway=motorway_junction, ref=*|name=*, and I think there
> must be a way to see these in instructions.
> 
> I tried
> 
> /--------
> | highway=motorway_junction { name '${ref} ${name}' | '${ref}' | '${name}' }
> \--------
> 
> but that didn't make any difference to my directions.  Hope that tiny
> datum is helpful!
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I have been told to leave a motorway at the correct junction number
twice, both times at the same junction. Heading north on the M6 I was
told to leave at j33 (the lowercase j is deliberate). I can see nothing
different about this junction to any other that would indicate why this
happened I can only report that it did

http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=53.9837&lon=-2.7833&zoom=14&layers=B000FTF

At the time I had asked the GPS to take me to Lancaster so this was not
a pre-programmed route. I can't say for sure which version of mkgmap the
map was created with as it's a few weeks ago and I haven't been back
since so it may well still give me the notification. I'd forgotten about
it until I read this message.

Paul