Re: [mkgmap-dev] This may break routing warning query

2013-06-27 Thread Eric Fernandez
Hi Gerd, Thanks for your advice. The thing is, these lines that are mentioned in the warnings do not show resolution 24: Line 256: leisure=track[0x0a resolution 22 continue default_name 'Race track'] Line 259: highway=* area!=yes [0x06 resolution

Re: [mkgmap-dev] This may break routing warning query

2013-06-27 Thread Eric Fernandez
Hi Gerd, Indeed, now I understand, sorry for the confusion. Shall I edit the documentation on the wiki to help addressing this issue? Thanks, Eric 2013/6/27 GerdP gpetermann_muenc...@hotmail.com Hi Eric, see what I wrote after keep in mind. Gerd Eric Fernandez wrote Hi Gerd

[mkgmap-dev] Map size increase using osmupdate vs download

2013-01-17 Thread Eric Fernandez
Hi, I am unsure this is the best place to post this, but have a question regarding creating maps with osm maps updated with osmupdate. I usually start from an .osm.pbf map downloaded from Geofabrik, and in order to avoid downloading it again, I use osmupdate to maintain it (or a converted .o5m

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Map size increase using osmupdate vs download

2013-01-17 Thread Eric Fernandez
2013/1/17 Gerd Petermann gpetermann_muenc...@hotmail.com: Hi Eric, what options do you use to update your map? If you download eg. germany.osm.pbf and later execute osmupdate.exe without a germany.poly you add all changes of planet to your osm file. Does that help? Gerd Hi Gerd, Yes,

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Map size increase using osmupdate vs download

2013-01-17 Thread Eric Fernandez
Hi Gerd, Thanks a lot for the -B switch. I read the wiki page about osmupdate, but did not understand exactly the use of it. Now it is clear! If I understand well what you are saying, I was merging the GB map with changes made in the whole world! Am I correct? Best, Eric 2013/1/17 Gerd

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Map size increase using osmupdate vs download

2013-01-17 Thread Eric Fernandez
Hi Gerd, The problem is that the poly file is not attached to the osm. Depending on the provider (cloudmade, geofabrik), the poly files are different, located in different places (Geofabrig has them in a tgz). Thus they have to be provided by the user. One way would be to embed them in the osm

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Map size increase using osmupdate vs download

2013-01-17 Thread Eric Fernandez
Hi Gerd, I see what you mean: would it be possible to rebuild a poly file from an osm file? Eric 2013/1/17 Gerd Petermann gpetermann_muenc...@hotmail.com: Hi Eric, yes, I think so. You may contact Markus Weber,the author of osmupdate and osmconvert: markus.we...@gmx.com Maybe he can

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Map size increase using osmupdate vs download

2013-01-17 Thread Eric Fernandez
Thanks, This looks tedious to implement indeed. Using the poly file works well so far. Best, Eric 2013/1/17 Gerd Petermann gpetermann_muenc...@hotmail.com: Hi Eric, yes and no. One could calculate a polygon with a given maximum of points, but the original extract from geofabrik contains

Re: [mkgmap-dev] [PATCH v1] Rework of the location-autofill parameter

2012-09-21 Thread Eric Fernandez
2012/9/20 WanMil wmgc...@web.de: Hi Eric, thanks for your detailed investigations. Can you give an example of such a place duplicate so that I can play a bit with it? Thanks! WanMil Hi, This is near South Oxford, UK. There are a few places in a radius of 10 km around, but I will need to

Re: [mkgmap-dev] [PATCH v1] Rework of the location-autofill parameter

2012-09-20 Thread Eric Fernandez
2012/9/10 Steve Ratcliffe st...@parabola.me.uk HI On 10/09/12 16:25, WanMil wrote: * In case the city name of a POI or road is unknown the city name is left empty (which means an empty string ). For me this worked well but Steve pointed out some doubts that it works. So please test

Re: [mkgmap-dev] [PATCH v1] Rework of the location-autofill parameter

2012-09-20 Thread Eric Fernandez
2012/9/20 WanMil wmgc...@web.de: You *must* specify the bounds parameter. Since r2335 it has no default. You mean the output folder then? Maybe it would be good to have an error message if --createboundsfile is used but --bounds is omitted? Thanks, Eric

Re: [mkgmap-dev] [PATCH v1] Rework of the location-autofill parameter

2012-09-20 Thread Eric Fernandez
Hi, Coming back to the blank cities issue with Edge 705: the problem was never fixed because it was not a mkgmap problem per se, but more a map problem. This happened when using --add-pois-to-area. The problem is with the OSM map: some places have both a “city/village” unnamed polygon plus a poi

Re: [mkgmap-dev] gpx track files do not work on routable maps

2012-03-08 Thread Eric Fernandez
Hi Marko, 2012/3/7 Marko Mäkelä marko.mak...@iki.fi: On Wed, Mar 07, 2012 at 08:13:55PM +, Eric Fernandez wrote: Many thanks. My file is different: $ ll /media/GARMIN/Garmin/gmapbmap.img.orig -rw-r--r-- 1 eric users 13123584 16 févr.  2011 /media/GARMIN/Garmin/gmapbmap.img.orig Do you

Re: [mkgmap-dev] gpx track files do not work on routable maps

2012-03-08 Thread Eric Fernandez
Hi, I also made an interesting discovery using Garmin City Navigator maps. I reported that GPX track files were working properly with Navigation. Although navigation works indeed better than with OSM/mkgmap maps, they are not exempt of issues. Take this route in London:

Re: [mkgmap-dev] gpx track files do not work on routable maps

2012-03-08 Thread Eric Fernandez
2012/3/8 Marko Mäkelä marko.mak...@iki.fi: ... Yes the Edge has an amazing GPS chip. Very sensitive and accurate. Anyway, I have done further testing with the style file, and it has indeed an influence on the way the Edge is able to do navigation over GPX files. I created a theoretical style

Re: [mkgmap-dev] gpx track files do not work on routable maps

2012-03-08 Thread Eric Fernandez
Can you try another test, using the default style but without the polygons file? No problem, I'll try it. I just tried the cyclemap style (close to the default, available at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Map_On_Garmin/Cycle_map) but replacing their lines with my simple lines I

Re: [mkgmap-dev] gpx track files do not work on routable maps

2012-03-08 Thread Eric Fernandez
Hi Marko, Can you try another test, using the default style but without the polygons file? Unfortunately this fails, I get this error: at uk.me.parabola.mkgmap.osmstyle.StyleImpl.init(StyleImpl.java:140) at

Re: [mkgmap-dev] gpx track files do not work on routable maps

2012-03-08 Thread Eric Fernandez
Unfortunately this fails, I get this error:        at uk.me.parabola.mkgmap.osmstyle.StyleImpl.init(StyleImpl.java:140)        at uk.me.parabola.mkgmap.osmstyle.StyleImpl.readBaseStyle(StyleImpl.java:518) ... This was working before, but not with the other default style files. Do I need

Re: [mkgmap-dev] gpx track files do not work on routable maps

2012-03-08 Thread Eric Fernandez
Hi Marko, A blank polygons file does not improve navigation. The key component I could find (so far) is the lines resolution. But there may be other reasons. Kind regards, Eric ___ mkgmap-dev mailing list mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk

Re: [mkgmap-dev] gpx track files do not work on routable maps

2012-03-07 Thread Eric Fernandez
Hi, I have another question regarding this problem: could the navigation issue on the Edge come from the (default) style instead of the NOD building algorithm? Thanks, Eric ___ mkgmap-dev mailing list mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk

Re: [mkgmap-dev] gpx track files do not work on routable maps

2012-03-07 Thread Eric Fernandez
Hi Marko, Many thanks for your input and your help. The bh_road3.gpx file was generated using bikehike and downloaded as a GPX track file. It is a very short section in Oxford. I have now tested other GPX files from bikemap.net with the same issue. I found one interesting:

Re: [mkgmap-dev] gpx track files do not work on routable maps

2012-03-07 Thread Eric Fernandez
Hi, This may be a stupid question, but is there any way to extract Garmin's default styles from their gmapsupp.img file? This would allow me distinguish between style problems and NOD building issue. Thanks, Eric ___ mkgmap-dev mailing list

Re: [mkgmap-dev] gpx track files do not work on routable maps

2012-03-07 Thread Eric Fernandez
2012/3/6 aighes o...@aighes.de: Am 07.03.2012 13:21, schrieb Eric Fernandez: Hi, This may be a stupid question, but is there any way to extract Garmin's default styles from their gmapsupp.img file? This would allow me distinguish between style problems and NOD building issue. Thanks

Re: [mkgmap-dev] gpx track files do not work on routable maps

2012-03-07 Thread Eric Fernandez
2012/3/7 Marko Mäkelä marko.mak...@iki.fi: On Wed, Mar 07, 2012 at 11:15:33AM +, Eric Fernandez wrote: The routing almost work perfectly (using cycleways) until the very last end: at around N55 degrees 27.922' / W003 degrees 39.085' then the navigation jumps in a straight line to the end

Re: [mkgmap-dev] gpx track files do not work on routable maps

2012-03-07 Thread Eric Fernandez
Hi, I have done further tests that show that indeed there is something happening at the level of routing depending on the basemap installed under the OSM map. I purchased my Edge 705 second hand, and the seller updated the basemap to the Garmin Worldwide Autoroute DEM Basemap NR 5.01 (41MB). The

Re: [mkgmap-dev] gpx track files do not work on routable maps

2012-03-07 Thread Eric Fernandez
2012/3/7 Marko Mäkelä marko.mak...@iki.fi: The USB interface on my Edge 705 is broken, but I have a copy of the file system image (which I patched together after the device corrupted its internal FAT file system about a year ago for the first time). There I have the following world basemap:

Re: [mkgmap-dev] gpx track files do not work on routable maps

2012-03-07 Thread Eric Fernandez
Hi again, Unfortunately, I can confirm that there are navigation problems with OSM maps compared to Garmin map (City Navigator) with some GPX files in complex areas, even when the base map is deleted. Possibly the routing data structure, which is not entirely understood, is missing some things.

Re: [mkgmap-dev] gpx track files do not work on routable maps

2012-03-06 Thread Eric Fernandez
Once the snow melts and I can do longer bicycle trips, I might still use the Edge for navigation. Best regards,        Marko Hi Marko, Would you mind trying the map and GPX I uploaded at http://files.mkgmap.org.uk/ and let me know if you observe the same issue? Do you build your own OSM

Re: [mkgmap-dev] gpx track files do not work on routable maps

2012-03-05 Thread Eric Fernandez
2012/3/5 Felix Hartmann extremecar...@gmail.com: I reckon, you don't really understand the difference between a route and a track. Routing never works on GPX files. GPX track and GPX route should both allow navigation on the Edge, as explained here: http://ridewithgps.com/edge_705. The problem

Re: [mkgmap-dev] gpx track files do not work on routable maps

2012-03-05 Thread Eric Fernandez
Hi, Thanks. On my device they are just tracks and not routes. I've seen Felix's message and your reply, so perhaps the Edge is just different in that way. The track looked fine and was the same as the website map at first glance. Many thanks Steve for looking into it. Indeed, the Edge can

Re: [mkgmap-dev] gpx track files do not work on routable maps

2012-03-05 Thread Eric Fernandez
Steve, Can you please let me know which files/functions in mkgmap source code are responsible for building the route code? I had a look at the code and am prepared to try playing with the code too, but would need a (very brief) pointer on where to start. Many thanks in advance, Eric

Re: [mkgmap-dev] gpx track files do not work on routable maps

2012-03-02 Thread Eric Fernandez
I have been able to do further testing on my Edge 705. Although the routing on the fly works on the unit, I cannot reliably use a GPX track file, either created from a mapping website or using a previous ride in the device history. Either the Begin and End points merge, either the pink line is

[mkgmap-dev] gpx track files do not work on routable maps

2012-02-29 Thread Eric Fernandez
Hi, I have an issue with OSM maps converted using --route and GPX track files, on an Edge 705. When reloading a Saved Ride (a GPX track file) on the GPS, the Begin and End points are superimposed (at the location of the End point on the map). I tried with many GPX files, some created on GPsies,

Re: [mkgmap-dev] edge 705 stuck with cities index

2012-02-28 Thread Eric Fernandez
2012/2/24 Steve Ratcliffe st...@parabola.me.uk: This worked and do not suffer the freezes when listing the nearest There are really four overlapping issues here, so let break them down so they can be dealt with individually. 1. A bad map that causes freezing on some devices. I want to

Re: [mkgmap-dev] edge 705 stuck with cities index

2012-02-22 Thread Eric Fernandez
2012/2/21 Thorsten Kukuk ku...@suse.de: That's why I use --name-tag-list=name,place_name meanwhile. Hi Thorsten, This worked and do not suffer the freezes when listing the nearest cities. However, these formerly unnamed cities are now duplicates of some cities (I verified this matches the

Re: [mkgmap-dev] edge 705 stuck with cities index

2012-02-22 Thread Eric Fernandez
2012/2/22 Thorsten Kukuk ku...@suse.de: Hi, If you change the rule place=city ... to place=city name=* ... I am using the default style in mkgmap, so isn't that a bug in this default style's rule? Shouldn't it be corrected in mkgmap? But this sounds like a bug in the OSM data. Could you

Re: [mkgmap-dev] edge 705 stuck with cities index

2012-02-22 Thread Eric Fernandez
2012/2/22 aighes o...@aighes.de: Am 22.02.2012 11:44, schrieb Eric Fernandez: 2012/2/22 Thorsten Kukukku...@suse.de: Hi, If you change the rule place=city ... to place=city  name=* ... I am using the default style in mkgmap, so isn't that a bug in this default style's rule? Shouldn't

Re: [mkgmap-dev] edge 705 stuck with cities index

2012-02-22 Thread Eric Fernandez
2012/2/22 Thorsten Kukuk ku...@suse.de: That the name is blank is a bug in your (or the default) style: the polygons all have a name tag: place_name. That's the tag used for a period of time for places in OSM, and we should use that if no name tag is there. The best solution is really to use

Re: [mkgmap-dev] edge 705 stuck with cities index

2012-02-22 Thread Eric Fernandez
2012/2/22 aighes o...@aighes.de: Hi, there isn't an error in mkgmap. Your problem is, that thee are 2 osm-objects for one object in reality. You could handle this error different. Eg.: * fix osm-data in osm-db * fix your osm-extract on your pc * change your points-style-file The best

Re: [mkgmap-dev] edge 705 stuck with cities index

2012-02-21 Thread Eric Fernandez
2012/2/20 Steve Ratcliffe st...@parabola.me.uk: This is done. My description entry was too short indeed. OK, thanks. At first sight I can't see the problem, so it may only show up on certain devices. So about the blank lines: can you select them and show them on the map? If so what are

Re: [mkgmap-dev] edge 705 stuck with cities index

2012-02-21 Thread Eric Fernandez
2012/2/21 Steve Ratcliffe st...@parabola.me.uk: Hi I might have found it, or at least part of the problem. In your map there are 10 cities without a name, created from polygons. Since there are around 500 cities in the map, this is closer to 1 in 50 than 1 in 10-20 so might not be everything

Re: [mkgmap-dev] edge 705 stuck with cities index

2012-02-21 Thread Eric Fernandez
2012/2/21 Thorsten Kukuk ku...@suse.de: On Tue, Feb 21, Steve Ratcliffe wrote: It does include the two example you gave however. Both these are place=* polygons, with place_name instead of name. That's why I use --name-tag-list=name,place_name meanwhile. You probably can and should try to

Re: [mkgmap-dev] edge 705 stuck with cities index

2012-02-20 Thread Eric Fernandez
Hi, Following my recent report of my Edge 705 being temporarily frozen when scrolling nearest cities, I think I have narrowed down where this comes from. The problem occurs when I combine both --add-pois-to-areas and --index options. Firstly, the blank city lines are caused by

Re: [mkgmap-dev] edge 705 stuck with cities index

2012-02-20 Thread Eric Fernandez
2012/2/20 michael lohr micha.l...@web.de: just a wild guess: if you use --add-pois to-areas, a lot of will cities turn up twice (one genuine poi and one geberated from the poly). maybe this srews up the index. to test it, you could use place=city mkgmap:area2poi!=true in your point file

Re: [mkgmap-dev] edge 705 stuck with cities index

2012-02-20 Thread Eric Fernandez
2012/2/20 Steve Ratcliffe st...@parabola.me.uk: Hi I tried making a map with --add-pois-to-area from that map and didn't see any blank lines in either mapsource or on my Legend. So could be specific to the Edge or some other option you are using.  Could you upload your map to

Re: [mkgmap-dev] edge 705 stuck with cities index

2012-02-20 Thread Eric Fernandez
2012/2/20 Steve Ratcliffe st...@parabola.me.uk: You have to enter something in the description box too. There is an error message, but it isn't very clear. If it works, then it does go to a confirmation page after that. 6.5M will take a while of course. ..Steve Hi Steve, This is done. My

[mkgmap-dev] edge 705 stuck with cities index

2012-02-17 Thread Eric Fernandez
Hi, I successfully created OSM maps of great britain for my Edge 705. I create the img file with --index and use bounds either I created myself using osmosis or from precompiled (from navmaps.eu). The Edge 705 loads the img map correctly and address search is working properly. However, when

Re: [mkgmap-dev] edge 705 stuck with cities index

2012-02-17 Thread Eric Fernandez
2012/2/17 Thorsten Kukuk ku...@suse.de: On Fri, Feb 17, Eric Fernandez wrote: Furthermore, some cities are listed under GBR, but many others belong to Country with a tag ABC. Is that an OSM tagging problem? Do you use the --location-autofill option? I see the same without that option