[mkgmap-dev] "Unpaved Road"

Mon May 25 19:49:34 BST 2009

On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 11:55:21PM +0300, Marko Mäkelä wrote:
> Recently, I mapped some disused roads and the like, including this one:
> 
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/34929277/history
> 
> highway=track
> motor_vehicle=unknown
> surface=sand
> tracktype=grade1
> width=2
> 
> The map cursor tooltip of the Garmin Edge 705 calls this way
> "Unpaved Road" in English.
> 
> I am using the default style of mkgmap -r1040.  It remains to be seen
> if this is related to the "Avoid unpaved roads" routing option, but
> it sure looks promising.  Then again, maybe not.  This ought to be
> line style 0x0a, which highway=track and highway=unsurfaced map to.
> I will make some experiments later.

Sorry, it looks like a dead end.  Apparently, the tooltip "Unpaved Road"
for unnamed lines of type 0x0a has nothing to do with the routing data.

For what it is worth, I used the attached patch in my experiment.

	Marko
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