On 2011-02-13 23:52, Steve Ratcliffe wrote:
> There is a big problem with address search with poor and inconsistent map 
> data.  With my map of England I get the choice of four different variations 
> on the name of the country to choose from. One must be chosen and doing so 
> means that you can only find streets that have that particular country name.
>
> Now there is no way for me to know since after all everything is really in 
> the same country.
>
> So to make address search really useful the country names have to be cleaned 
> up, (other countries may be in a better state).
>
> Does anyone have any good ideas about this?
>
> ..Steve
> _______________________________________________

Don't know if it's a *good idea*, but, anyway..

Define a list of countries for Mkgmap and ignore all other countries. 
That will stimulate users to fix the data because they can't find a place.
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