[mkgmap-dev] Index with Arabic names

Tue Jun 21 16:58:47 BST 2011

Hi Steve,

> That is true, the index is not needed for Find Nearest.
>
> Which means that the problem must be in the individual tiles.
> If I create a single tile with only one POI with the name "مطار"
> then as far as I can tell the same string is placed into the .img file,
> I am not seeing the obvious corruption of letters that I could see in
> the other case.
>
> (I'm using the options --code-page=1256 --route --index --tdbfile)
>

That's true, all the Arabic names in the .img file are correct. Is it
possible that a similar bug exists in the code that generates .img?
Because before the last two patches, the index was corrupted even that
the names were correct in the mdr file.

> Unfortunately I don't know enough to go further with this, without more
> help about what might be wrong.

Can I help you with anything?

Regards,
Hosam