[mkgmap-dev] What's the meaning of the 'has no region' warnings?

Mon Aug 24 07:14:23 BST 2015

Hi Thorsten,

If I got that right we are talking about two different things.
The code that handles the exit:to and similar variables would stay,
means, the possibility to add infos to an exit node would still
work although nobody seems to use it.
I am talking about the code that adds the exit nodes to special
sections in the index and LBL file (e.g. LBL9  + LBL10).
I think that this info in the img and the corresponding code is obsolete.

My problem: The talks in year 2009 / 2010 suggest that it was possible to search 
for exits at that time but that the search always used the basemap that came with
the device. One possible explanation for the - now missing  - search  is that the 
Garmin software was faulty and that Garmin simply removed the option 
instead of fixing it. Or maybe it comes only with specific devices or with special
maps ? 

Gerd

> Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 12:04:41 +0200
> From: kukuk at suse.de
> To: mkgmap-dev at lists.mkgmap.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [mkgmap-dev] What's the meaning of the 'has no region' warnings?
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, Aug 19, Gerd Petermann wrote:
> 
> > I still have no idea where the data is used. Maybe the device shows some additional
> > info when you drive on a motorway.
> > When Mark Burton committed the code with r984 he did not describe the wanted effect,
> > but he also seemed to be unsure about its positive effects, see here:
> > http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/websvn/listing.php?repname=mkgmap&rev=984
> > 
> > and here:
> > http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/pipermail/mkgmap-dev/2009q1/001293.html
> 
> It looks like this is the code responsible for exit:to and similar variables.
> I played with this some time ago and the informations are shown in mapsource,
> don't remember anymore about my GPS device.
> The problem is, with the current way how things are mapped
> in OSM, it is nearly impossible to fill out this fields correct
> only with a style file. This would need help of mkgmap itself.
> That's why I stopped looking at it.
> 
> But I haven't found a way to search for them, too.
> 
> In the end, I would let the code stay and not remove it.
> 
>   Thorsten
> 
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