[mkgmap-dev] [PATCH] Find Places items from test-map:all-elements

Tue Jun 23 23:07:40 BST 2009

On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 11:23:16PM +0300, Marko Mäkelä wrote:
> Some natural=* POI values were missing from the translation.  On the Edge 705,
> natural=wood will be displayed with an icon.  That would be useful for marking
> the names of forest areas in cities.
> 
> The other two (natural=rock, natural=water) will be displayed as hollow
> white circles by the Edge 705.  The attribute natural=rock is not listed at
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:natural, but I thought that it
> would be OK to mark large rocks (diameter over 1 m) as natural=rock.

It turns out that unnamed natural=rock are called “kari” in the Finnish
pop-up label, which means a rock that is submerged in water (dangerous for
boats).  I don't think that it is a grave mistake, though.

I played with test-map:all-elements today.  I set the environment variables
BASE_LAT and BASE_LONG to my location, because the one close to London was
too far for the “Find Places” menu to list any items.  The result of my
findings is in the attached patch.  I also modified or added some translations
in the points file.  I'm not sure if this rule is syntactically correct,
and I didn't test it:

amenity=fuel & fuel:HGV_diesel=yes [ 0x2f16 resolution 19 ]

This would be the third type of a fuel station, displayed with a truck icon.

The patch also moves shop=bicycle to Other/Repair Services category,
to differentiate it from shop=organic, which remains in
Shops/Speciality Retail.  Also hairdressers and beauty salons will be
in the Other/Personal Service menu.  Both are rendered as hollow white
rectangles by the Edge 705.

There are many “other“ shops, restaurants and lodgings.  I believe that
these codes are useful in connection with custom TYP files, which can
override the label “Other“.  The “other-all” entries seem less useful:
the Edge 705 only displays them in the “All Categories” listing together
with the combined contents of all submenus.

The code 0x2f14 (social-service) would seem useful for things like
amenity=prison, amenity=shelter or amenity=vending_machine, but
unfortunately the Finnish translation is calling it “social welfare office”.
Again, this could be addressed with a custom TYP file.

Please apply the patch, at least to garmin_feature_list.csv.

I wonder if mkgmap could include a TYP file in the style definition.
Conceptually, the TYP file goes hand-in-hand with point and line
translations.  It could be a nicer (multi-lingual) solution to things
like default_name.

One more thing: while playing with test-map:all-elements, I noticed that
there are numerous symbols that are probably meant for motorway exits.
When I hovered or clicked on them, the pop-up window would show a different
set of icons, such as a bed, fuel station, ellipsis (…).  I did not try to
find any pattern, as I am not that interested in amenities for motorists.

Best regards,

	Marko
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