[mkgmap-dev] [PATCH v1] - Reduce number of Table A entries required

Tue Sep 22 11:10:30 BST 2009

Hi Felix,

> I just played around a bit in Mapsource, and couldn't notice ANY 
> difference. If routing does not work somewhere without this patch, it 
> will not work either with the patch. If it works without patch, it does 
> so with patch too. (I installed the otherwise exact same map twice in 
> Mapsource, setup routes and then change maps and click on recalculate). 
> The chosen ways are also 1:1 identical.

That's OK - at least it didn't break anything.

> I have yet to try on my Vista HCx.
> Are you sure that there was a difference on the NUVI? Did you really 
> install the otherwise exact same map twice (of course with different FID)?

I processed the same map data with and without the patch and put the
results (separately) onto a SD card. I observed different routing
behaviour for the two maps - not a big difference, but definitely a
difference.

> My sample map size decreased from 67.3MB to 65.5MB.  Compressed with 
> 7-zip the size decrease is less (46.4 to 45.8 MB)

OK.

Thanks for the feedback.

Cheers,

Mark