[mkgmap-dev] Buildings without POIs cannot be found

Wed Mar 3 06:58:29 GMT 2010

On Wed, Mar 03, 2010 at 01:05:38AM +0100, Daniela Duerbeck wrote:
> Jeffrey Ollie wrote:
> > That's what the '--add-pois-to-areas' option does, although it goes
> > overboard in my opinion as it adds POIs for every area including
> > lakes, forests, etc. which are very distracting in the "all pois" list
> > on my GPS.  I have a pretty hacky patch that only adds POIs if the
> > area has a name assigned that seems to work well for me.
> What if you add a list where one can add explicitely which POIs should 
> be generated (supermarket, shop, restaurant, etc.)?

What if you explicitly define the POIs on the map?  Taking a building with
amenity=supermarket as an example, you might want to define a bank=atm POI
somewhere near the entrance and amenity=supermarket,building=entrance at
the entrance.  There might also be "shop within shop" or a "mini-mall" at
the supermarket, such as cafe, hairdresser, shoes, you name it.  None of
these would be automatically generated by add-pois-to-areas, and you would
not get the POI at the main entrance of the building.  In fact, you could
get it outside the building if it is U- or L-shaped.

	Marko