[mkgmap-dev] improving address search

Fri May 31 08:39:47 BST 2013

Hi,

About the differences in names I agree it should be corrected on OSM.

But what if mkgmap changes the name?

For instance by adding ref tag in the name, the addresses are not findable anymore:

highway=secondary | highway=tertiary {name '${ref|highway-symbol:oval} ${name}' | '${ref|highway-symbol:oval}' | '${name}'; add mkgmap:display_name = '${name} (${ref})' }

If I remove this line from the default style, the housenumbers appear on the map.
In the housenumber search, the ref tag should be ignored if added to the name tag in the styles.

Tested in this area http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=51.837357&lon=5.86719&zoom=18&layers=M
http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/6871910

> On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 02:07:00PM +0200, Minko wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I noticed that a small difference in the name label between the
> > address node and the street name will result in a not found
> > housenumber.
> >
> > For instance if the address has a tag addr:street="Main Street" and
> > on
> > OSM the highway itself is labeled with name=Mainstreet. Is it
> > possible
> > for mkgmap to ignore the spaces when matching the address to a
> > nearby
> > street?
> 
> This needs to corrected in the data - Geofabrik has an excellent
> Adress debugging view for exactly this issue.
> 
> And its even fixable in seconds.
> 
> Flo
> --
> Florian Lohoff f at zz.de