Re: [mkgmap-dev] Commit: r1170: Add --make-poi-index option to enable POI index generation.

2009-09-04 Thread maning sambale
Apologies if this is a stupid question. What is the benefit of creating poi index? for search? On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 6:16 AM, svn commit wrote: > > Version 1170 was commited by markb on 2009-09-04 23:16:33 +0100 (Fri, 04 Sep > 2009) > > Add --make-poi-index option to enable POI index generatio

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Missing prompt when joining major road from minor road at an angle

2009-09-04 Thread Greg Troxel
I've got a case locally where a tertiary road meets a primary road at a shallow approach-angle of about 30 degrees. The Garmin does not announce the junction, not warn of its approach when you're on the tertiary. Coming from the other direction on the primary though, you get an "in 50

Re: [mkgmap-dev] mkgmap creates polygons that break Mapsource panning and also routing in some zoomlevels as well as crashing the GPS

2009-09-04 Thread Mark Burton
Felix, Wild guess here: I wondered if the POI index was overflowing and trashing some other stuff because in the bad map example you sent, it contained just over 32K entries. So commit 1170 disables POI index generation. It wasn't useful anyway, so that's no loss. Please see if that makes any di

[mkgmap-dev] [PATCH v1] - misc fixes to subdivision area splitting

2009-09-04 Thread Mark Burton
In trying to determine the cause of the problem that Felix has reported when tiles use a lot of polygon styles, I have been looking at the code that divides areas into "subdivisions". The attached patch (applies to 1170) makes a few changes in that department. It is not expected to fix the polygon

[mkgmap-dev] Commit: r1170: Add --make-poi-index option to enable POI index generation.

2009-09-04 Thread svn commit
Version 1170 was commited by markb on 2009-09-04 23:16:33 +0100 (Fri, 04 Sep 2009) Add --make-poi-index option to enable POI index generation. The POI index, which used to be generated by default, doesn't actually appear to be useful at this time. So now it's only generated if you give this op

[mkgmap-dev] Commit: r1169: Make exception messages more realistic.

2009-09-04 Thread svn commit
Version 1169 was commited by markb on 2009-09-04 23:16:29 +0100 (Fri, 04 Sep 2009) Make exception messages more realistic. ___ mkgmap-dev mailing list mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/mkgmap-dev

[mkgmap-dev] Commit: r1168: Fixed the fixed* error reporting.

2009-09-04 Thread svn commit
Version 1168 was commited by markb on 2009-09-04 23:16:26 +0100 (Fri, 04 Sep 2009) Fixed the fixed* error reporting. Now unwraps Errors thrown within worker thread. ___ mkgmap-dev mailing list mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/m

[mkgmap-dev] Commit: r1167: Fix isInfoEnabled() so that it tests the correct log level.

2009-09-04 Thread svn commit
Version 1167 was commited by markb on 2009-09-04 23:16:23 +0100 (Fri, 04 Sep 2009) Fix isInfoEnabled() so that it tests the correct log level. ___ mkgmap-dev mailing list mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/mkgmap-

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Tile names in IMG files

2009-09-04 Thread Steve Hosgood
Steve Ratcliffe wrote: Hi On 04/09/09 10:16, Steve Hosgood wrote: "I.GMP". Does anyone know how the is derived please? I guess that it is a bit-interleave of the latitude and longitude of some reference-point in the tile, but it could be a byte-interleave, or a nybble-interleave, or the int

[mkgmap-dev] Missing prompt when joining major road from minor road at an angle

2009-09-04 Thread Steve Hosgood
Does the IMG file contain markup on junctions to control whether or not a "turn left/right" announcement will occur when you reach it? I've got a case locally where a tertiary road meets a primary road at a shallow approach-angle of about 30 degrees. The Garmin does not announce the junction, n

Re: [mkgmap-dev] mkgmap creates polygons that break Mapsource panning and also routing in some zoomlevels as well as crashing the GPS

2009-09-04 Thread Mark Burton
Ahh, you're adding POIs to areas, aren't you. Have you tried building with that option turned off? ___ mkgmap-dev mailing list mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/mkgmap-dev

[mkgmap-dev] RNP type for Nuvi?

2009-09-04 Thread Mark Burton
Hi, I got my Nuvi (a 255) and the OSM map looks good and appears to route OK. I thought I would use the road name pois but the default type code that gets used (0x640a) doesn't appear in the POI search on the Nuvi - so are there any Nuvi users using RNPs? If so, what type code are you using? Ch

Re: [mkgmap-dev] mkgmap creates polygons that break Mapsource panning and also routing in some zoomlevels as well as crashing the GPS

2009-09-04 Thread Mark Burton
Hi Felix, > Ups, sorry, here is the output using logging.properties: > > again broken vs not broken OK, thanks for those. They are interesting because they differ less than I expected but in an unexpected way (work that one out!) I want to double check so please apply v3 of patch (attached)

Re: [mkgmap-dev] mkgmap creates polygons that break Mapsource panning and also routing in some zoomlevels as well as crashing the GPS

2009-09-04 Thread Mark Burton
Felix, > Okay, here are the output files. Once including the problematic > landuse=* line, once without. Thanks. Unfortunately, they have too much other crap in them and not enough of what I want to see. Did you use the logging.properties file I sent to you? Mark __

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Tile names in IMG files

2009-09-04 Thread Steve Ratcliffe
Hi On 04/09/09 10:16, Steve Hosgood wrote: > "I.GMP". Does anyone know how the is derived > please? I guess that it is a bit-interleave of the latitude and > longitude of some reference-point in the tile, but it could be a > byte-interleave, or a nybble-interleave, or the interleave is done wit

Re: [mkgmap-dev] mkgmap creates polygons that break Mapsource panning and also routing in some zoomlevels as well as crashing the GPS

2009-09-04 Thread Mark Burton
Felix, Please enable info logging by using the attached logging.properties file and add this to the java options (note - it's a java option not a mkgmap option) -Dlog.config=logging.properties rerun with v2 of the patch and email me the mkgmap.log file(s). They should contain some diagnostic ou

[mkgmap-dev] Some feature requests

2009-09-04 Thread Willem Sonke
Dear mkgmap developers, When using mkgmap, I noticed three things that could be improved a bit to increase the ease of use; because I'm not an experienced Java programmer, I unfortunately can't program them myself and I even don't know if they are possible to implement: * A message when

Re: [mkgmap-dev] mkgmap creates polygons that break Mapsource panning and also routing in some zoomlevels as well as crashing the GPS

2009-09-04 Thread Mark Burton
Felix, > Well, on v1 patch, the problem at this place appeared even without > having the "problematic polygons" in the polygons file. That's interesting. > With v2 it's back to normal and only happens with the "problematic > polygons" or without deleting a fair bit of my lines in the lines

Re: [mkgmap-dev] mkgmap creates polygons that break Mapsource panning and also routing in some zoomlevels as well as crashing the GPS

2009-09-04 Thread Felix Hartmann
Mark Burton wrote: This v2 patch makes "squarer" subdivisions than v1 - otherwise works the same. Well, on v1 patch, the problem at this place appeared even without having the "problematic polygons" in the polygons file. With v2 it's back to normal and only happens with the "problematic po

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Custom POI Icons & resolution

2009-09-04 Thread Mark Burton
Hi Gert, > >What I can see on my etrex is that the custom icon will disappear at > >the level you expect (given the resolution value it has) but some of the > >built in poi icons disappear sooner. > Which type ? Umm, can't remember exactly what I tried but I think it was 0x1b16 (lighted navaid,

Re: [mkgmap-dev] mkgmap creates polygons that break Mapsource panning and also routing in some zoomlevels as well as crashing the GPS

2009-09-04 Thread Mark Burton
This v2 patch makes "squarer" subdivisions than v1 - otherwise works the same. diff --git a/src/uk/me/parabola/imgfmt/app/trergn/RGNFile.java b/src/uk/me/parabola/imgfmt/app/trergn/RGNFile.java index f0300e8..5c0dc77 100644 --- a/src/uk/me/parabola/imgfmt/app/trergn/RGNFile.java +++ b/src/uk/me/pa

Re: [mkgmap-dev] mkgmap creates polygons that break Mapsource panning and also routing in some zoomlevels as well as crashing the GPS

2009-09-04 Thread Mark Burton
Hi Felix, > Well one thing that this patch makes, is much much bigger filesize > (around 30% increase). To be expected. > Furthermore it really crashes Mapsource. Not even possible to move out > anymore. Hmm, not so expected. > After panning around a bit and choosing a well working zoomscal

[mkgmap-dev] Tile names in IMG files

2009-09-04 Thread Steve Hosgood
Folks: Inside official Garmin IMG files there are typically several tiles named "I.GMP". Does anyone know how the is derived please? I guess that it is a bit-interleave of the latitude and longitude of some reference-point in the tile, but it could be a byte-interleave, or a nybble-interleave,

[mkgmap-dev] Commit: r1166: Re-encapsulate some fields in Tags and Element.

2009-09-04 Thread svn commit
Version 1166 was commited by steve on 2009-09-04 10:06:15 +0100 (Fri, 04 Sep 2009) BRANCH: multipolygon Re-encapsulate some fields in Tags and Element. ___ mkgmap-dev mailing list mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/mailman/listinf

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Custom POI Icons & resolution

2009-09-04 Thread Gert Münzel
Hi Mark, Mark Burton wrote: >What I can see on my etrex is that the custom icon will disappear at >the level you expect (given the resolution value it has) but some of the >built in poi icons disappear sooner. Which type ? One thing we have to keep in mind is that also the gps settings (max. zoo