[mkgmap-dev] POI search - Garmin model related.

Mon Mar 24 09:37:42 GMT 2014

Hi Thorsten
Thanks for prompt reply and the means to speed things up.  Much appreciated.  I will give it a go and see how things improve.  I am running the current firmware on the 62s.
Thanks Brett

> Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 10:23:32 +0100
> From: kukuk at suse.de
> To: mkgmap-dev at lists.mkgmap.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [mkgmap-dev] POI search - Garmin model related.
> 
> On Mon, Mar 24, Brett Russell wrote:
> 
> > Hi
> > 
> > With the reset does it remove all maps?   
> 
> No, that's why I wrote "after updating the maps".
> The reset cleans up the internal, not accessible cache of the 62s.
> I know that the 62s is telling you that all user data will be removed,
> but that's wrong.
> 
>   Thorsten
> 
> > I have the unit also loaded with Garmin's maps and Shonkymaps, a project that used the 1:250,000 maps as a base.  Would like to keep them without having to re-install them as I update mkgmaps frequently. 
> > 
> > Also might try the reset with the Rino 650. 
> > 
> > Brett Russell
> > 237 Oldaker Street
> > Devonport Tas 7310
> > 
> > Phone: (03) 6424 8033
> > Mobile: 0419 374 971
> > 
> > > On 24 Mar 2014, at 5:15 pm, "Thorsten Kukuk" <kukuk at suse.de> wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > >> On Mon, Mar 24, Brett Russell wrote:
> > >> 
> > >> 62s the search works but slowly. Could be a unit slow processor issue.
> > > 
> > > To me it looks like the 62s does not use the global index for POIs,
> > > but is looking in every single tile for all POIs, even the one which
> > > are not in the index. You can see that very nice if you compare the
> > > results with the same map on a 60CSx and a 62s.
> > > 
> > > To make the search on a 62s faster: Do a reset after every map update.
> > > This does at least solved the problem for me in the past (but I
> > > used a firmware version without activity routing, I haven't
> > > looked at it with a current firmware version).
> > > 
> > >  Thorsten
> > > 
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