[mkgmap-dev] Bridleway=Fussweg?

Fri Feb 5 23:42:32 GMT 2010

On 06.02.2010 00:29, Dave F. wrote:
> Carlos Dávila wrote:
>    
>> Dave F. escribió:
>>
>>      
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I'm in the UK.
>>> On my Oregon 300 when I query a item with the red pin It display a few
>>> idiosyncrasies:
>>>
>>> Bridlepath are displayed as 'Fussweg'
>>> An area of landuse=residential as 'Ort'
>>>
>>> These appear to be language confusions but I can't see an specific
>>> option to specify a language&  the country options should default to UK
>>> &  GBR.
>>>
>>> Also barrier=fence/wall etc are displaying as 'lines'&  landuse=grass as
>>> 'area'
>>>
>>> Is there a way to give them their specific titles?
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>> You can define the name of each element in your TYP file.
>>
>>      
> Can you?
> I thought the Typ file was just for adding different colour lines&
> areas etc.
> Aren't the entities labels taken from the OSM data tags?
>    
As long as "name" exists in OSM. If not it is taken from typfile or some 
standard definition. So for a bridleway, it will mostly be taken from 
the typfile, as very few bridleways have actual names.
> Cheers
> Dave F.
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