[mkgmap-dev] mkgmap, sendmap and family-name oddities

Tue Sep 22 13:53:42 BST 2009

Steve Ratcliffe wrote:
> Hi
>
> On 22/09/09 09:28, Charlie Ferrero wrote:
>   
>> 2a: I use sendmap to upload the file to my GPS
>> 2b: I copy the file manually to the memory card
>>
>> Result of 2a: In the GPS, map tiles are listed as [description],
>> [family-name], [date of creation]
>>
>> Result of 2b: In the GPS, map tiles are listed as [description], Area
>> 6324999X, [date of creation]
>>     
>
> That is interesting.  The only place that 'Area ...' occurs is in
> the MPS file in the gmapsupp.img.
> Its controlled by the --area-name flag, but that is the only place
> that it is used.  At some point I will attempt to match up
> the usage of description, series-name, family-name and area-name
> with the different names used in Polish format files.
>
> Has anyone done this already and have opinions on what should be
> done?
>
> ..Steve
>   

I have only written trivial programs in Java, and mkgmap is to advanced 
for me but I am trying to understand the code and I see that,

mb.setAreaName(areaName != null ? areaName : "Area " + info.getMapname());

in GmapsuppBuilder sets the area name when none is given.

To me the behavior reported by Charlie Ferrero is more or less what I 
was expecting. There is no reason to expect a tool like sendmap would 
have the same defaults as mkgmap. My GPS has no external memory so I can 
not test myself.

Perhaps Charlie Ferrero needs to try is setting the --area-name to what 
he wants his map named?

Garvan