[mkgmap-dev] Unicode maps showing locked or not found on GPS units

Mon Jun 30 21:42:48 BST 2014

Hi

> even German Umlauts (ÖÄÜ or "french" accents like é) are not displayed
> correctly anymore (instead split into two funky looking characters).
> Therefore for old units --latin1 is still the better option for old
> devices for most european countries.
> Garmin Vista HCx - FID=6365

I would be suprised if older units that do not contain
more than one character set support unicode.
 From your description it sounds as if the unicode characters
are just being displayed as latin1.

..Steve