[mkgmap-dev] suggested use of add-pois-to-areas

Sun Jul 24 18:36:30 BST 2011

Am 24.07.2011 18:58, schrieb Rich:
> what is the current suggested use of add-pois-to-areas - have any 
> changes like 
> http://gis.638310.n2.nabble.com/POIs-for-areas-td6043656.html been 
> introduced recently ?

I don't think so.

> is it correct that w/o this options garmins won't be able to find, let's 
> say, hotels that are mapped as an area, instead of a node ?

Yes.

So you need:

1) set the --add-pois-to-areas option

2) Have corresponding entries in your polygon AND point file.

In the default style you have all shops in the polygon-file
(shop=*) but no amenity=library or amenity=pharmacy, so these
are not found when mapped as area.

Chris