[mkgmap-dev] address search and road names with refs

2015-03-18 Thread GerdP
Hi all, if I got it right, the default style creates roads with names like (B101) Leipziger Strasse for this way http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/144257391 with name=Leipziger Straße and ref=B101 With the new --x-split-name-index option I will find this road when I search for "Leipziger", but w

Re: [mkgmap-dev] address search and road names with refs

2015-03-19 Thread Steve Ratcliffe
Hi Yes I do see this as a problem for search. These names are from the early days when we were unable to have more than one label on a road. It should be the ref (with shield if appropriate) in the first name slot. Then the actual name in the second slot. (Perhaps the other way round as I cann

Re: [mkgmap-dev] address search and road names with refs

2015-03-19 Thread GerdP
Hi Steve, thanks for the feedback. I found several cases were the address search in MapSource did not work as I'd like. Not sure if the device works like MapSource. The problem appears when a part of a road inside a town gets a name like B101 Leipziger Strasse and another one only Leipziger Stras

Re: [mkgmap-dev] address search and road names with refs

2015-03-19 Thread Andrzej Popowski
Hi Gerd, there are two problems. First is if we should add road reference to road name. Second problem is conditional - if we add a reference, then should it be searchable? On my map I don't add reference to name. I put reference in second label if name exist and in first label if it doesn't

Re: [mkgmap-dev] address search and road names with refs

2015-03-19 Thread Greg Troxel
Here's a comment that's not only US-centric but also Mass-centric. I'm specifically talking about my town but that is normal. The main road in my town is called "Great Road". It is also Massachusetts Route 117. There are 117 signs on it, and probably someplace there is a Great Road sign. Ever

Re: [mkgmap-dev] address search and road names with refs

2015-03-19 Thread Gerd Petermann
Hi all, in Germany I've never seen or heard an address that uses the road ref. Within cities the roads all have a sign giving a name, the address is written as In small hamlets, the address is written as something like and you may not find any road named in it (means, no road name si

Re: [mkgmap-dev] address search and road names with refs

2015-03-20 Thread Andrzej Popowski
Hi Gerd, > I don't want to see the ref when I am searching for an address. > If possible, I want to see it and be able to search for it > when searching for a road. When creating search index, shield could be separated from street name and both elements added to search index independently. >

Re: [mkgmap-dev] address search and road names with refs

2015-03-20 Thread Carlos Dávila
El 20/03/15 a las 06:29, Gerd Petermann escribió: in Germany I've never seen or heard an address that uses the road ref. Within cities the roads all have a sign giving a name, the address is written as In short: I don't want to see the ref when I am searching for an address. If possible, I

Re: [mkgmap-dev] address search and road names with refs

2015-03-20 Thread Alexandre Loss
The same in Brazil, i.e.: regards, Alexandre 2015-03-20 13:23 GMT-03:00 Carlos Dávila : > El 20/03/15 a las 06:29, Gerd Petermann escribió: > >> in Germany I've never seen or heard an address >> that uses the road ref. >> Within cities the roads all have a sign giving >> a name, the address i

Re: [mkgmap-dev] address search and road names with refs

2015-03-21 Thread Gerd Petermann
Hi Andrzej, hi Steve, > > I don't want to see the ref when I am searching for an address. > > If possible, I want to see it and be able to search for it > > when searching for a road. > > When creating search index, shield could be separated from street name > and both elements added to searc