[mkgmap-dev] Index: MDR12 breaking POI search

Wed Jan 19 21:07:45 GMT 2011

WanMil schrieb:
> Am 19.01.2011 20:15, schrieb WanMil:
>   
>> I started to strip down the index branch to things that work so that we
>> can add more and more things until we get a running index branch.
>>
>> As a first step I modified the OSM reader so that there will be no
>> special character for sure. All non recognized characters
>> ('a'-'z','A'-'Z','0'-'9',' ','-') are replaced by 'Z'. As far as I
>> understood the character encoding might be a problem. So replacing all
>> problematic characters might help. (see attached patch)
>>
>> 2nd: I splitted Germany with the default splitter settings so that I get
>> big enough tiles.
>>
>> 3rd: I removed MDR8 and MDR12 from the MDRFile class.
>>
>> 4th: I compiled a map using 2 tiles from my Germany split.
>>
>> The result was interesting:
>> * POI search works
>> * All region search fields are disabled
>> * I don't see any more exceptions or crashes in MapSource
>> * Street search still has the problem with the message "Selected street
>> is not allowed in this map product" (translated from german...)
>> * Most of the country information is set to ABC. I don't know if that
>> has something to do with removing the --make-poi-index option?
>>
>>
>> I observed the same result when I added the MDR8.
>> Adding MDR12 returns to the old behaviour with exceptions and MapSource
>> crashes.
>>
>> WanMil
>>
>>     
>
> Compiling a map
> - with the index_nospecialchars_v1.patch: Region field disabled
> - without the index_nospecialchars_v1.patch: Region field enabled
>
> I do not understand...
> WanMil
>
>   
Just found at
http://pkmaps.freeforums.org/to-enable-find-search-address-option-for-maps-in-gpsmapedit-t61.html

"Note: Always use UPPER CASE for defining Country, Region, City etc 
because many Garmin devices can only allow users to text in alphabets in 
Upper Case."

Maybe you should modify your patch to only allow upper case letters.

Regards,
Johann