[mkgmap-dev] Problem transferring maps from Mapsource

Mon Sep 17 21:37:12 BST 2012

latin1 is for Western Europe. Therefore I think the default is better than 
anything - let's face it (for population) the default should be Chinese - 
but so far it is not supported as far as I can tell. The default tries more 
than the rest; to be understandable.

So I say keep the default.

Cheers, Geoff.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Steve Ratcliffe
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 9:05 PM
To: Development list for mkgmap
Subject: Re: [mkgmap-dev] Problem transferring maps from Mapsource

Hi

> I read the documentation, and understand now that code-page is
> dependent on target device.  I wonder though if --latin1 should be
> default, if it's supported by most non-ancient devices.  (I do have
> a GPS V, but I haven't tried to build maps for it in a really long
> time!)

I think it would be OK these days to have latin1 as a default,
and I wouldn't have any objection to changing it if that's
what everyone wanted.

But on the other hand the current default is fine too. It has a
smaller file size and works everywhere.

..Steve
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