[mkgmap-dev] Options file

Wed Jun 3 11:33:28 BST 2020

This is a two-part question.
Firstly:
I have been trying to change my compilation method to use a config file but
am having problems. During my experimentations I managed to insert the
style file directive "--style-file=directory|zip-filename|url" _after_ the
filespec for the OSM data file. My map compiled without errors but was not
using my styles. I was very confused because it had always worked before.
It took me 20 or 30 minutes to discover that I had accidentally "misplaced"
my style file parameter in the mkgmp parameter list. Once I moved it in
front of the filespecs for my OSM data file and custom TYP file, all was
well again.

I am assuming that the "options" file included with every mkgmap download
is the primary help file for running mkgmap. So I guess I'm asking if
someone would please add a sentence to the options file where the use _and
placement_ of the style file parameter is explained more completely. The
way it is now, one cannot know that the placement of that parameter is
important. Apparently,  the placement of ALL parameters must come before
any filespecs in the mkgmap invocation but that important fact isn't
obvious (at least to me) from reading the options help file.

A line saying "the style file parameter must appear before any references
to a file specification for input data or custom TYP file." inserted just
after the "=== Style options ===" section divider would be very helpful

Or perhaps a line at the very top of the options file saying "Note: all
options specified herein must appear on the mkgmap invocation before any
reference to an OSM input file or a custom TYP file."

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Secondly:

The problem I'm having with using a configuration file might be related to
file specifications, but I'm not sure. My first try used the filespecs in
quotes as they appear in my parm specification. That didn't work. When I
compile a map using the scenario below, mkgmap produces an error saying
"SEVERE (Main): name: file name doesn't exist" but does not supply a
filename. Not very helpful.

Here is my mkgmap invocation string and the configuration file I'm trying
to employ:

java -Xmx4000m -jar mkgmap.jar  -c DJS.cfg --family-id=18028
--name-tag-list=name:en,loc_name:en,int_name,alt_name:en,short_name:en,
name --description="Lanna" --country-name=THAILAND --country-abbr=THA
"C:\Users\alask\Downloads\Maps\Lanna.osm"
"C:\Users\alask\Dropbox\Mapping\24983djs.TYP"

And the config file: DJS.cfg follows:

gmapsupp
route
index
bounds=C:\Users\alask\Downloads\Maps\bounds.zip
precomp-sea=C:\Users\alask\Downloads\Maps\sea.zip
generate-sea=land-tag=natural=background
location-autofill=is_in,nearest
housenumbers
max-jobs
drive-on=detect
add-pois-to-areas
link-pois-to-ways
process-destination
process-exits
code-page=1252
check-routing-island-len=700
remove-ovm-work-files
#road-name-config=mkgmap-rel/examples/roadNameConfig.txt
split-name-index
make-opposite-cycleways
order-by-decreasing-area
style-file=C:\Users\alask\Dropbox\Mapping\DJS_styles

I'm sure you experts will easily see what I'm doing wrong. Thanks in
advance.

Cheers,

Dave

-- 
Dave Swarthout
Homer, Alaska
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Travel Blog at http://dswarthout.blogspot.com
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