[mkgmap-dev] search for cities on GPSMAP 66s/st and etrex 32x

Tue Nov 23 17:58:11 GMT 2021

Hi.
Thanks for answers Gerd and Ticker.

Here are some more details.
Maps were split using splitter-463 and compiled with mkgmap-4818.
--code-page=1252 (latin1).

After vaious tests enabling and disabling maps i realize that if combine my 
own maps, each a part of europe then the issue occurs, and most likely it is 
related to map overlap.

The process i use is the following.
Get countrywise data from geofabrik.de
Combine 3 sections of europe (osmconvert).
Run splitter individually on each of these sections.
Run mkgmap individually on each of the split sections.
Run mkgmap individually on each of the made tiles to create each section of 
europe as one gmapsupp.img.
Each map has its own --mapname and its own --family

I don't use any further polygons to cut exactly where the countires borders 
are, hence if i enable more than one of these maps on the unit they will 
overlap and possibly blank out each other, therefor i only use one at the time 
but have them added to the unit simultaneusly. 

is ther a good way to avoid these issues and make sure that seach can work 
even if some maps overlap?

Regards
Karl

On tisdag 23 november 2021 15:27:01 CET Ticker Berkin wrote:
> Hi Karl
> 
> What code-page are you using for this. "ł" from Małopolska is unicode
> U+0142 	LATIN SMALL LETTER L WITH STROKE and isn't representable in
> cp1252, but is in cp1250 and unicode/cp65001
> 
> Ticker
> 
> On Tue, 2021-11-23 at 08:08 +0000, Gerd Petermann wrote:
> > Hi Karl,
> > 
> > maybe you have different basemaps (or other maps) on the two devices
> > and your map doesn't contain the searched cities?
> > 
> > Did you check with MapSource or another tool on PC?
> > 
> > Gerd
> > 
> > ________________________________________
> > Von: mkgmap-dev <mkgmap-dev-bounces at lists.mkgmap.org.uk> im Auftrag
> > von 7770 <7770 at foskan.eu>
> > Gesendet: Dienstag, 23. November 2021 07:21
> > An: mkgmap-dev at lists.mkgmap.org.uk
> > Betreff: [mkgmap-dev] search for cities on GPSMAP 66s/st and etrex
> > 32x
> > 
> > Hi.
> > I am creating a map over parts of Europe, including Poland.
> > The very same map img-file is loaded onto one GPSMAP 66st and one
> > etrex 32x.
> > 
> > When searching for cities (FIND -> cities) and searching for any
> > city, town or
> > villiage in the county of Małopolska (Lesser poland i think it is in
> > English),
> > such as Kraków, Tarnów, Wieliczka, etc. it does show up on the etrex
> > 32x but
> > not on GPSMAP 66st.
> > 
> > It's not an error with the entire map, because if i search for
> > "Krakow" (with
> > ó or o does not matter) on the GPSMAP 66st, other Krakows (in other
> > counties)
> > are found, only the places in Małopolska are not found and only on
> > the GPSMAP
> > 66st unit.
> > On the etrex 32x locations within the county are found.
> > 
> > I get the feeling that thre is an issue with parts of the map and i
> > wonder how
> > i can find out more?
> > Could it be that something is incorrect with the original map data
> > for the
> > county of Małoplska?
> > 
> > Regards
> > Karl
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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