[mkgmap-dev] difference between addlabel and poi-address

Sun Jan 18 18:28:37 GMT 2015

Hi Minko and Gerd,

yes you are right, this is a restriction of the Garmin POIs.

This spreadsheet was a good tip, I did not know it yet.
Unfortunately there is no POI group with text display, not supressing the 
address info.

I have tried it with a trick, using 2 POIs, one with text display and 
another with address info.
The Garmin device is showing a memory full message and the hole map is not 
shown.
So I'm leaving it as it is without any more tries.

Just one small clarification about the address field.

If I set --poi-address than the address field is filled by mkgmap
and I can manipulate the content using the trick with mkgmap:phone.

If I set --no-poi-address than the address field is left blank by mkgmap
and I also cannot fill it with any command via the style file.

I hope I understood this correct.

At last I would like to report one optical issue in --poi-address 
generation:
There is a line break between street and postcode, but no line break between 
city and phone.

e.g.
Street Nr
postcode, city+49 123
4567

It would be much nicer, to display the address field with one more line 
break.
Street Nr
postcode, city
+49 123 4567

If someone is spending the effort in changing this, maybe a small 
enhancement could also be done.
Would it make sense to add unit (maybe even door, if available) to 
housenumber?
addr:housenumber/addr:unit/addr:door

Walter

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- 
From: Minko
Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2015 5:07 PM
To: Development list for mkgmap
Subject: Re: [mkgmap-dev] difference between addlabel and poi-address

Gerd wrote:
> I see that mkgmap fills the address info, and it also seems to write
> it,
> but MapSource seems to ignore it. I have no experience with this.
> Maybe this happens because of the big number of POIs?

Yes, not all pois are capable of showing address data, please check this 
extensive spreadsheet from Charlie Ferrero:
http://www.cferrero.net/maps/downloads/garmin_feature_list.xls

His website might be a little out of date but still contains a lot of useful 
info for garmin map makers:
http://www.cferrero.net/maps/maps_index.html

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