this is an interesting approach. Can be useful for other osm manipulations too like fixing typos. will try it. and I know perl regexp much better ... I recommend to add a wiki page on the main osm wiki server to reach non mkgmap users too.
On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Toby Speight <t.m.speight...@cantab.net>wrote: > I'm afraid I've fallen a few weeks behind on this mailing list, so > apologies if I'm not aware of related development. I know the style > branch is attempting to address some of the issues. > > I got frustrated with setting tags based on existing tags, problems with > re-ordering, and having to re-specify long expressions for slightly > different results. Instead of moaning, I've done something about it, > and created a geographical-tag manipulator, or geotagman for short. > > It's hosted on SourceForge, and you can read about it on its Wiki > page[1]. It's mostly complete, though I'm still clearing up one or > two missing features before it can claim parity with mkgmap itself. The > advantage is that we can separate out the knocking into shape of our OSM > data from its presentation as a Garmin map, which I think has to be a > Good Thing. And it could be useful for other OSM users, too. > > [1] <URL: http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/geotagman/wiki/Geotagman > > > If anyone else is interested in putting it through its paces, it can be > accessed via SVN[2] (only, until it reaches beta-release stage). I'd > really appreciate feedback from users, and offers of help from people > good at writing docs and/or working with SourceForge (which I've not > used before). Also anyone able to help with portability issues. > > [2] <URL: https://geotagman.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/geotagman/trunk > > > Just to entice you, here's some of what it offers: > > * Supports exact or case-insensitive match, or regular expression > * Add, set, remove tags, just like mkgmap > * Regular expression replacement > * Unit conversion (e.g. any length to metres, or mph to km/h) > * Written in XSLT, with (optional, recommended) extensions in Perl > * Perl wrapper for convenience > * XML format with DTD, so easily editable > * Simple, nested syntax for matching > * Automated unit-test (developer feature!) > > Final question with this - am I on the right lines, or just heading off > into hyperspace? > _______________________________________________ > mkgmap-dev mailing list > mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk > http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/mkgmap-dev >
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