[mkgmap-dev] mistake in options?

Thu Aug 13 18:36:22 BST 2009

Valentijn Sessink wrote:
> Hi,
>
>   
>> Are you confusing this with the series-name option which assigns the
>> map name in the "Select a Product" drop down list in mapsource?
>>     
>
> What I'm trying to achieve is a change in my Garmin Nuvi map selection
> menu. It is currently saying:
>
> [X] --family-name
>    [1] OSM Map
> [X] Regular Garmin Map Name
>    [1] Area Of This Map
>
> (Meaning: family-name does work and changes the map name) To change "OSM
> Map" to "whatever" I tried all the xxxx-name options, and finally found
> that changing the getDescription() to a hard coded "BLAH" would work. I
> don't know why it didn't work another way - Felix Hartmann commented
> that I need to set three naming options, I did not try that yet (and I
> am a bit puzzled by it - if you don't set all three, the description
> option doesn't do anything???)
>
> So it's the Nuvi map naming that I'm after.
>   
it's --family-name that you want to use. series, family and description 
--> that's all three. Do you transfer directly the gmapsupp (via 
--gmapsupp) or do you go via Mapsource? maybe you have a wrong tdb 
registered for Mapsource?
> Best regards,
>
> Valentijn
>   

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