[mkgmap-dev] POI without name

Fri Apr 28 18:10:33 BST 2017

Hi Gerd,

On Fri, Apr 28, Gerd Petermann wrote:

> Hi Thorsten,
> 
> do you see that behaviour also with original Garmin maps?

With original Garmin maps it is much faster. But hard to say 
if they use the index or look into the tiles: they don't have
nearly as many POIs as my OSM maps have.
Are there somewhere free Garmin Maps with a lot of POIs for testing?

  Thorsten

> Maybe the device ignores the index if it detects errors in it.
> 
> Gerd
> ________________________________________
> Von: mkgmap-dev <mkgmap-dev-bounces at lists.mkgmap.org.uk> im Auftrag von Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk at suse.de>
> Gesendet: Freitag, 28. April 2017 10:37:50
> An: mkgmap-dev at lists.mkgmap.org.uk
> Betreff: Re: [mkgmap-dev] POI without name
> 
> On Fri, Apr 28, Gerd Petermann wrote:
> 
> > I've noticed that my Oregon shows a lot of "unnamed" attractions, e.g. when I search for Attraction | Park or Garden.
> > It seems that the device shows all points wth type 0x2c06 here (maybe also others), no matter if they are indexed or not,
> > if at least one of them is named and therefore indexed, maybe not all but those in the same sub division of the map.
> > Maybe there is a flag somewhere which would tell the device if that should be done or not, but I did not find that yet.
> > Any hints are welcome.
> 
> I can only say for the GPSMap 6x series (at least for the three devices
> I own):
> Old firmwares use the index for POI search. It is quick and you only
> see what is in the index.
> New firmwares seems to lookup POI directly in the tiles and not use the
> Index at all. Even if the device is newer and faster than the old one,
> searching POIs with this can take a really long time ...
> And in my experiements, all POI will be shown in the index, independent
> of the number. At least I haven't found any which is not shown. With
> the old firmware, a lot of numbers are not shown in the list.
> 
>   Thorsten
> 
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