[mkgmap-dev] Missing lakes

Tue Jul 28 03:47:26 BST 2009

Assuming that the data is correct, I can confirm that you need to set
draw order in a typ file.

I encountered a similar issue with building and landuse polygons.  I
had to set a higher draw order so that buildings are drawn over
landuse.

On 7/28/09, Apollinaris Schoell <aschoell at gmail.com> wrote:
> the data is wrong in the first place. a lake and a forest can't be in
> the same place. the forest should be created as multipolygon with all
> the lakes as inner ways.
>
> if you ask the software to fix bad data it will fail on some corner
> cases and will succeed in some places. but then random effects like
> order of elements or names can play a role.
>
> bottom line better fix the data than debug the software.
>
>
>
> On Jul 27, 2009, at 1:44 PM, Tomas Straupis wrote:
>
>> Hello
>>
>> 2009-07-27 Rudi <drahtesel42 at web.de>:
>>> Do you use a custom typ file for your map?
>>  No, I am not. And some lakes marked the same way ARE visible on the
>> map...
>>
>>> I strongly doubt it has something to do with the source=yahoo tag.
>>  This was just my guess - maybe some tiny bug in code... But I've
>> tried adding that source tag to osm xml file directly and it had no
>> effect.
>>
>>  I will try to get hold of some other Garmin device (maybe Oregon
>> and/or Nuvi) and check if it has the same problem. It should then be
>> clear if a problem is in Colorado or .img file.
>>
>>  Another interesting detail is that if I put pointer over the
>> "invisible lake" a tip does show "Lake" while forest is actually
>> displayed.
>>
>> --
>> Tomas Straupis
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