[mkgmap-dev] edge 705 stuck with cities index

Wed Feb 22 15:08:30 GMT 2012

Am 22.02.2012 15:59, schrieb Eric Fernandez:
> 2012/2/22 Thorsten Kukuk<kukuk at suse.de>:
>> That the name is blank is a bug in your (or the default) style:
>> the polygons all have a name tag: "place_name".
>> That's the tag used for a period of time for places in OSM,
>> and we should use that if no name tag is there.
>> The best solution is really to use the option I wrote already here
>> in the thread.
>>
>> The bigger problem is, that the tags for the place node and the
>> place polygon from your examples are even conflicting :(
>>
>> On of the both (polygon or node) needs to be deleted and the
>> other one should be corrected. But since I don't know the area,
>> I cannot say which of the two is the correct one and fix it.
>>
>>   Thorsten
>>
> I just had a look at these places on OSM and indeed, they have both a
> POI "Village" (or "Hamlet", etc) with the set name (e.g. Cumnor), and
> around a polygon also called "Village" with no set name. I assume the
> blank name comes from this unnamed polygon then. Is this what you
> mention? So does that violate OSM rules for naming areas/villages?
>
> Also, you say the style itself has a bug: so is the bug in the map, in
> the style, or both? Should all "place=XXX" entries in points style
> file be followed with "&  name=*"? Or should we use the option
> "--name-tag-list=name,place_name" or simply change mkgmap so that it
> does not add unnamed place_name to the map? Sorry to be daft but this
> is a bit confusing, considering the possible bug reasons and
> workarounds.
The bug is in osm-data. But with changing the style, you could remove 
the effects of the bug in osm-data. But I think this shouldn't be done 
in default-style because of the side-effects.

> Finally, if the mkgmap default style has a bug, how to report this?
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