[mkgmap-dev] [PATCH] ref/operator/shelter naming for stops of public transit

Wed Oct 14 14:28:17 BST 2009

On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 08:56:03AM -0400, Clinton Gladstone wrote:
> On Oct 13, 2009, at 16:24, Marko Mäkelä wrote:
> 
> > Some months ago, I submitted a patch to the mkgmap default style that
> > would do two things: include ref/operator/shelter in bus/rail/tram  
> > stop
> > names and change the types of minor stops from 0x2f08 to 0x2f17.  I  
> > can
> > understand hesitation to change the POI type, but I would really  
> > like to
> > see the name/ref/operator/shelter logic committed to the tree.
> 
> I've been trying out the changes from your patch. Is the one you  
> submitted with this e-mail different from the one you sent around a  
> few months ago?

If I remember correctly, I have submitted three different revisions of
the patch.  The second revision set the name to '   ' when none of the
attributes were set.

> - I noticed that with the original patch the shelter (+/-) character  
> would be truncated if the operator name was too long. You appear to  
> have moved the shelter character to before the operator text now. Is  
> this correct?

Yes.  We do not have operator=* for bus stops around here, so it did
not make any difference for me.  But I thought that the +/- could
double as a separator.  No need to waste characters for parenthesis.

> - What I have also been experimenting with is a public transportation  
> overlay map. This is a transparent map which I can place on top of the  
> regular map. In it, bus, tram, and subway routes, stops and stations  
> are emphasized using a special TYP file. As such, I can turn on and  
> off the public transit map when I need it. This may be an interesting  
> area of pursuit for you. In the long run it may be a better option  
> than trying to add a lot of information into the standard map where  
> Garmin has just not provided space for it (alas, Garmin seems to be  
> rather uninterested in public transportation).

The overlay is a great idea.  I may explore it, once there are more
route relations defined in Finland.  Although I do not have any motor
vehicle, I mostly use the bicycle and local train for my transportation
needs.  The bus network is too sparse near this suburb for my taste.

	Marko