I think this is due to the fact that borders are not seen as lines of a larger width plotted below the matching highway lines, unlike Mapsource
Nick -------------------------------------------------- From: "Charlie Ferrero" <char...@cferrero.net> Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:23 AM To: "Development list for mkgmap" <mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk> Subject: [mkgmap-dev] Slightly OT: TYP files, lines with borders > Hi all, > > Many people have created TYP files that define lines to have borders, to > make them look more like paper maps (e.g. the UK's OS series). This > looks fine in Mapsource, but in the GPS unit things go horribly wrong > (see screencap). In effect, the GPS draws the border *perpendicular* to > the way in question every time it encounters the end of a wayed segment. > Given that in OSM ways are usually composed of multiple segments > joined together, this means that ways on the GPS are a horrible > collection of little "worms" all joined together. The resulting effect > is unusable. > > But as I say, this doesn't happen at all in MapSource (second screenshot). > > Is this a known problem with TYPs, line definitions with borders and > (certain?) Garmin GPS units or am I doing something silly? > -- > Charlie > _______________________________________________ mkgmap-dev mailing list mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/mkgmap-dev