[mkgmap-dev] [PATCH v2] - styling for the power user

Thu Aug 6 10:49:49 BST 2009

Hi Mark, I still don't really understand the advantage.

1. maxres, can we really specify this, I was not aware that this is
possible.

2. So the only advantage is that it is shorter to tpye and that
preprocessing becomes possible?

thanks for clarifying a bit here

Felix

2009/8/6 Mark Burton <markb at ordern.com>

>
>
> v2
>
> now supports ~[0x??] syntax within name to specify highway shields
>
> to reduce the number of tags required, you can now specify all the
> values in the mkgmap:gtype tag like this example:
>
> mkgmap:gtype="0x20,19,,1,2"
>
> type = 0x20
> minres = 19
> maxres not specified
> roadclass = 1
> roadspeed = 2
>
> The one tag per value scheme is still supported (for the moment at
> least)
>
> --------------
>
> Are you a heavy duty styler? If so, read on:
>
> I notice that quite a lot of postings on the list are from people who
> are having problems with complex style files. This little patch won't
> (directly) solve those problems but it does provide a useful capability
> that could be part of a solution for those people who have complex
> styling requirements and are willing to do some coding.
>
> What the patch does is allow elements (nodes, ways) to specify their
> garmin type (and a few other things) explicitly using these tags:
>
> mkgmap:gtype  the element's type (integer constant)
>
> mkgmap:kind   one of "node", "polyline", "polygon" (only polygon is used
> at this time to differentiate polygons from lines).
>
> mkgmap:minres the element's minimum resolution (needed to make element
> visible)
>
> mkgmap:maxres the element's maximum resolution (not required)
>
> mkgmap:roadclass the element's road class (needed for roads)
>
> mkgmap:roadspeed the element's road speed (needed for roads)
>
> If the mkgmap:gtype tag is present, the element will not be passed
> through the normal style file process at all.
>
> So how do these tags get added to the OSM data? Well, you could just
> add them with an editor but that would get boring pretty quickly so
> what I would expect to see is some kind of external filter program that
> reads the OSM file and outputs a new OSM file with the appropriate tags
> added.
>
> That filter program could be written in any language that has some XML
> processing support.
>
> Current issues to be sorted out are handling of the highway shields
> (not currently implemented) and also this feature is not compatible with
> the cycleway faking code.
>
> All feedback welcome.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mark
>
>
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