On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 6:55 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > Does anyone have any solutions to auto-magically simplify the ways with an > '.osm' file? I am looking at simplifying both to ease rendering and also > to reduce the overall size of the file, prior to converting to a > downloadable GPS map. > > GPS-babel was suggested on the IRC as it now supports '.osm', however the > simplify option does not respect shared nodes, where ways intersect. > > Obviously for maps we don't want to be adjust these.... > > It also strips all of the tags it does not understand, so the map would > lose all of it's mapness and become a collection of blank ways. > > Any thoughts? > Simon. >
I think JOSM has a simplify ways function. It might be in one of the plugins; not sure. If you're planning to use cgpsmapper to compile the maps, it already has a built-in simplification algorithm. You just need to enable it in the .mp file (and I think it's on by default anyway). Karl
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