[mkgmap-dev] Commit r3971: - roadNameConfig_v1.patch by Carlos Davida which adds more countries and languages

Fri Jul 28 11:46:08 BST 2017

Hi

For English, I don't think there should be any prefixes, so can't
comment on this aspect.

I've been using a map built with --road-name-config with a long list of
suffixes for a few days and:

1/ The GMAPSUPP.IMG is slightly bigger (0.083%)

2/ Find>Address isn't as natural to use. The Streets in the list don't
have the suffix and only when you select one, do you see, in the list
of matching addresses, all the variants (Road, Avenue, etc)

3/ On the map, at medium resolution, my device picks out some streets
names and shows them without the suffix. These have a similar
appearance to area features and are just plain confusing because it
isn't obvious when the name is there, whereas, when it had the full
road name it was.

I'm swapping back to --no-road-name-config

Regards
Ticker

On Thu, 2017-07-27 at 06:25 +0000, Gerd Petermann wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am not sure what to think about the suggestions. My understanding
> of the feature is that it can help to ease address search,
> but this only works when the user is able to guess the list of
> prefix1 words, correct?
> So, when you create the map for your own, use whatever you like, else
> I would try to keep the list short so that it only contains
> the most obvious prefixes. In Germany we also have prefixes like An, 
>  Auf, Beim, Zum  etc. but they are not used that often, so I did not
> add them to the sample.
> 
> Reg. suffixes I am not so sure, they are probably less harmfull.
> 
> Comments?
> Gerd
> 
> 
> ________________________________________
> Von: mkgmap-dev <mkgmap-dev-bounces at lists.mkgmap.org.uk> im Auftrag
> von Stéphane MARTIN <st3ph.martin at laposte.net>
> Gesendet: Sonntag, 18. Juni 2017 07:53:14
> An: Development list for mkgmap; Carlos Dávila
> Betreff: Re: [mkgmap-dev] Commit r3971: - roadNameConfig_v1.patch by
> Carlos Davida which adds more countries and languages
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I propose to add for France "Cours" and "Impasse".
> You can find sometime "Cour" in a street name but I think this is a
> spelling mistake.
> 
> Regards.
> Steph
> 
> Le 15/06/2017 à 23:01, Carlos Dávila a écrit :
> > Attached is version 3 of roadNameConfig patch. I tried to add all
> > suggestions received. Only things omitted are "de las", "de los",
> > "la"
> > and "el" suffixes for portuguese (can be added to local files by
> > anyone
> > who want to use them) and removal of English prefixes, which may
> > need
> > some more discussion. Please check if I missed something and
> > comment
> > improvements.
> > 
> > El 15/06/17 a las 17:47, Ticker Berkin escribió:
> > > Hi all
> > > 
> > > For United Kingdom I suggest:
> > > 
> > > suffix:en = " Avenue", " Close", " Court", " Crescent", " Drive",
> > >    " Gate", " Grove", " Lane", " Mews", " Parade", " Place", "
> > > Road",
> > >    " Square", " Street", " Terrace", " View", " Way"
> > > 
> > > Having:
> > > 
> > > prefix1:en = "North ", "East ", "South ", "West "
> > > 
> > > is not a good idea here for two reasons:
> > > 1/ It is very rare for there to be a "way" where an initial
> > > compass
> > > point is not a significant part of its name.
> > > 2/ "ways" like "North Street", "West Way", "East View", "South
> > > Parade"
> > > etc are very common.
> > > 
> > > Generally, the suffix should be removed first and, if removing
> > > the
> > > prefix gives an empty result, the prefix should be restored.
> > > 
> > > Ticker
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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