[mkgmap-dev] Bridleway=Fussweg?

Sat Feb 6 13:01:43 GMT 2010

Felix Hartmann wrote:
> On 06.02.2010 00:29, Dave F. wrote:
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>> Carlos Dávila wrote:
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>>     
>>> Dave F. escribió:
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>>>       
>>>> 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?
>>>>
>>>>
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>>> You can define the name of each element in your TYP file.
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>> 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?
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>>     
> 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.
>   
Thanks for your replies.

I now understand, but I'm a little disappointed. I was under the 
impression that a line or polygon in the TYP file could be used to 
represent multiple entities in the OSM data, but as the 'type of entity' 
name comes from that file, I have to create separate lines/polygons for 
each different one. A bit labourious.

Cheers
Dave F.