Re: [mkgmap-dev] product-version bug solved

2010-12-19 Thread Steve Ratcliffe
I found why product-version makes an error : The option file description does not contain a topic about this option. Just add something like that : --product-version This is an integer that identifies a release number (default value is 1). Absolutely correct, although the change has already

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Configurable flood blocker

2010-12-19 Thread WanMil
Felix, there is nothing to check. The flood blocker works only in multipolygon mode. It is not possible to implement that for the polygon mode. Where do you think is the advantage of the polygon mode? WanMil The advantage is: a) Speed (if you use --transparent and then gmt to set the

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Configurable flood blocker

2010-12-19 Thread WanMil
Felix Hartmann (extremecar...@gmail.com) wrote: [snip] --- in principal there is no speed advantage - [snip] Maybe it's just me, but I find the polygon version of generate-sea much faster than the multipolygon version - at least twice as fast if not more. The multipolygon version

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Configurable flood blocker

2010-12-19 Thread Felix Hartmann
On 19.12.2010 18:17, WanMil wrote: Felix, there is nothing to check. The flood blocker works only in multipolygon mode. It is not possible to implement that for the polygon mode. Where do you think is the advantage of the polygon mode? WanMil The advantage is: a) Speed (if you use

[mkgmap-dev] announced streets are wrong for abbreviated street names on nuvi

2010-12-19 Thread maning sambale
Not exactly an mkgmap issue, but I would like to point this out when mapping for OSM. Using nuvi text-to-speech feature, some abbreviated street names are announced with some kind of default words. i. e., - St. Thomas which should be Saint Thomas was announced as Street Thomas - E. Rodriguez

Re: [mkgmap-dev] announced streets are wrong for abbreviated street names on nuvi

2010-12-19 Thread charlie
maning sambale (emmanuel.samb...@gmail.com) wrote: Not exactly an mkgmap issue, but I would like to point this out when mapping for OSM. Using nuvi text-to-speech feature, some abbreviated street names are announced with some kind of default words. i. e., - St. Thomas which should be

Re: [mkgmap-dev] announced streets are wrong for abbreviated street names on nuvi

2010-12-19 Thread maning sambale
@Charlie, That is correct, but in the case of the name below, this is what I saw on the ground (street sign).  - E. Rodriguez which should be Eulogio Rodriguez was announced as East Rodriguez And for this very reason the OSM mapping guidelines state that no abbreviations should be used in