Hi mitxel

I changed the labels according to your request. All elevation points are 
displayed now in the chosen notation.


Oliver


> Hello Oliver
>
> Thanks for the answer, it is just this. Qlgt  assummes that all points in
> the IMG file are "Points Of Interest", so the value of their label is shown
> as text. This way is ok for named POIs like summits, buildings, singular
> places...  But there is another kind of points (garmin types 6300 and 6200)
> used to  indicate the elevation of certain points: a summit without name,
> the bottom of a depresion, a pass,...They are complementary to the
> landcontour lines, and they give a very useful information.
>
>
> In a .IMG file this elevation is written in feet (with no decimal places,
> and with any suffix) in the label of this kind of points and land-contour
> lines. So when you choose " imperial" in "setup - units", qlgt only have to
> append the suffix "ft" to the label.
>
> When you choose "metric" is expected to make the conversion from feet to
> meters and append the suffix "m". This is well done for the labels of
> contour-lines, but not for the labels of elevation points that are shown as
> they are. So qlgt draws a confusing map with contour lines in meters and
> elevation points
> in feet.
>
> Yes , this is difficult to see if you dont have a map with this kind of
> points, so I have extracted a little area of a map with this kind of
> points, and I will send it to you by email. If you have a bit of time you
> can make a test.
>
> I have no idea about modifying the code, but I think this problem can be
> fixed if qlgt makes for the labels of elevation points (garmin type 6300
> and 6200) the same conversion that it makes for the land-contour lines
> (garmin type 20, 21, and 22)
>
> The gps units handle this kind of points and land-contour lines in this way
> also. They make the conversion deppending on the units setup, and then the
> label is shown with the suffix "ft" or "m".
>
> thanks for your time
>
> mitxel
>
>
>
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