[mkgmap-dev] address search and road names with refs

Thu Mar 19 11:41:55 GMT 2015

Hi Steve,

thanks for the feedback.
I found several cases were the address search in MapSource did not work
as I'd like.
Not sure if the device works like MapSource.
The problem appears when a part of a road
inside a town gets a name like B101 Leipziger Strasse and another 
one only Leipziger Strasse. If the first has numbers between 100 and 120
and the other from 1 to 99 
and I am searching for address "Leipziger Strasse 117" in that town
I type 117 in the number field, my town name in the city field and
"Leipziger" in the street name field. 
As a result I will find both entries "B101 Leipziger Strasse" and
"Leipziger Strasse" in the list of roads, and if I select
"Leipziger Strasse" I will not be pointed to the address which is 
at "B101 Leipziger Strasse". With a number like 55 the problem
occurs vice versa.
If  I have multiple roads with the equal name abc , I see just 
one entry in the list and the search will find the right road.

My understanding is that the ref should not appear in the road name,
but I have no idea if this is a problem in an index or not.

Gerd

Steve Ratcliffe wrote
> Hi
> 
> Yes I do see this as a problem for search.
> 
> These names are from the early days when we were unable to have more than
> one label on a road.
> 
> It should be the ref (with shield if appropriate) in the first name slot.
> Then the actual name in the second slot. (Perhaps the other way round as I
> cannot check at the moment).
> 
> I know it is a big change but I think that would be best for the default
> style.
> 
> On the other hand it shouldn't really cause search to fail if that is what
> is happening, so perhaps that can be improved.
> 
> ..Steve
> 
> On 18 March 2015 15:11:18 GMT+00:00, GerdP &lt;

> gpetermann_muenchen@

> &gt; wrote:
>>Hi all,
>>
>>if I got it right, the default style creates roads with names like
>>(B101) Leipziger Strasse for this way 
>>http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/144257391
>>
>>with name=Leipziger Straße and ref=B101
>>
>>With the new --x-split-name-index option I will
>>find this road when I search for "Leipziger",
>>but when I know an address like
>>"Leipziger Str. xxx, Freiberg"
>>I have to select the right version of the street
>>if the list shows also other entries
>>like "Leipziger Strasse" (without the ref),
>>means, I have to try the different versions
>>until one shows a plausible result for the 
>>given number xxx.
>>
>>I wonder if this could be improved somehow?
>>How do Garmin maps handle this?
>>
>>Gerd
>>
>>
>>
>>
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