[mkgmap-dev] Inter tile routing problems

Wed Mar 11 17:40:15 GMT 2009

>
>> Is there an option for the splitter to create chessboard like tiles 
>> same as
>> in Garmin maps?  Still like to use the maxnode feature and the 
>> alignment to
>> the map grid.
>
> No. You would need a real chessboard pattern for that as any adaptive 
> approach has small tile sizes in densely populated areas and large 
> ones outside. Maybe you want to be routed around large towns anyway? :-)
>
> I think the splitter could be programmed as such quite easily (though 
> I don't know the source code). For instance, you could start with a 
> raster of large square tiles and divide each into four quarters if 
> there are too many nodes inside.
>
But this would leave you again with different sized tiles (one big 
square beside 4 samller ones), which could disturb the routing, if the 
previous observations are correct.