[mkgmap-dev] Tags hiding roads?

Mon Nov 7 12:06:00 GMT 2011

On Mon, Nov 07, David Fletcher wrote:

> Until a couple of years ago, I was working as an electronics/software
> engineer, so I do have an understanding of the syntax of the code that
> was being posted here earlier today. Unfortunately, together with
> various other circumstances, I became so tired of the people I was
> having to work for, and of being repeatedly made redundant, that I
> decided that at my time of life the most sensible thing for me to do was
> have a complete career change. So, in about one hour, I have an
> appointment to deliver my second driving lesson.
> 
> As for Open Street Map / Garmin maps, I think that if a road is rendered
> as expected on the web site, it is reasonable to expect that same road
> to appear on my Garmin device without an ordinary user / contributor
> having to go delving into the technicalities to get it to work properly.

If you was an electronics/software engineer, you should know that
we are all only humans who makes mistakes. You cannot avoid that.

And you don't need to go into technicality details to get it work
propoerly, normally you should inform the person who is creating
the map, so that he can debug and fix the bug.

  Thorsten

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