[mkgmap-dev] mkgmap and values with semicolon in it

Thu Feb 24 23:57:15 GMT 2011

On Thu, Feb 24, Felix Hartmann wrote:

> I think the best approach would be to cut values of any keys/tags but 
> name and ref (or having "name" or "ref" as part of their key ) at the 
> semicolon for the lines and polygons file.
> 
> As for the points file all values with ";" should be seperated and 
> cloned. So for amenity=hotel;restaurant & name=abc create two POI one 
> matching all rules of amenity=restaurant and the second matching all 
> rules amenity=hotel.

Yes, I think that's the correct solution.

> Still everyone using semicolons should know that this tagging is 
> potentially complicated and not usable and using semicolons is not good 
> form of tagging.

The problem is that the current OSM API does not allow the
same key twice for a point. So there is no other possibility
then to use the ";". From what I found out with google, using
";" is more or less the official solution for this.

  Thorsten

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