Steve Hosgood wrote:
Mark Burton wrote:
Hi Maning,
Several problems with Search by Address in Garmin Mobile XT reported
by some of my users.
This is a known issue. Until the global index stuff is implemented I
don't think it will be fixed.
Detectives wanted!
Some or maybe all of the global index is in the .MDR file. Information
on the this file is starting to appear on:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Map_On_Garmin/MDR_Subfile_Format
There's a global sorted city-list appearing in the MDR5 and MDR6 sections.
Great chunks of tables containing short bits of plaintext strings can be
seen in MDR30/31 and MDR32/33, but as yet no tables have been found
which glues those bits together to form postcodes, addresses or
city-names. Contributors familiar with text-compression systems would be
very welcome to look over it.
You can rip an .MDR file out of an official Garmin .IMG (it isn't
encrypted as such).
More eyes on the job will increase the chance that someone gets lucky
and spots crucial clues into how it all works.
Join in please!
Steve
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I think there is also a difference between cgpsmapper maps with address
search (like slovakia topo) or garmin own maps, as cgpsmapper homepage
states that address search is only working if exporting via Mapsource as
mapsource will create on exporting the address search index. Using
sendmap it will not work. I don't think garmin's own maps have the same
"annoyance".
Address search is really the last "big" thing we're missing.
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