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Commit r4804: log also the cause of a "Bad file format"
by svn commit 07 Aug '21

07 Aug '21

Version mkgmap-r4804 was committed by gerd on Sat, 07 Aug 2021 log also the cause of a "Bad file format" http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/websvn/revision.php?repname=mkgmap&rev=4804

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signed maps / new device
by Marek Greško 04 Aug '21

04 Aug '21

Hello, my Colorado just broke (the Rock and Roller). I got offer from Garmin to replace the device by Oregon 700 or GPSmap65. Is it possible to use gpsmap compiled maps in any of these device? Or only Garmin signed maps are available for it? Thanks Marek

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Transliteration question
by Aleksandar Lucic 04 Aug '21

04 Aug '21

Hi, I need some help regarding the transliteration filters. I would like to use them to transliterate cyrillic name tags (1251) to latin (1250). I have tried with: name=* {set name='${name|ascii:} '} but i get some weird results. For example tag: name=шума is translated into „SHUMA“ instead of expected „ŠUMA“ Same happens with other cyrillic character too – they are translated but not as I expect. I have set code-page=1250 and 1252 but no luck, always the same result. If I set the code page to 1251 I get cyrillic characters but this is not what i want. Obviously there is some transliteration taking place but in the way I expect, maybe I am doing something wrong? Are there any other settings beside code-page? I see there is a folder named ascii in /examples/chars/ with some .trans file, should I put there something else that determinates the transliteration or is this just an output from internal transliteration engine? Should I set country-abbr or country-name? How can I alter the transliteration rules? Thanks in advance for your answer

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emergency_access_point
by Bernhard Hiller 02 Aug '21

02 Aug '21

Hi all, "highway=emergency_access_point" (see https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Demergency_access_point ) seems not to be included in our style: only in case of a line (instead of a point), there's an instruction: delete the highway tag. But it is a useful feature. In case of an emergency, you'll be asked: "where are you?" and then ... describing the place to the emergency service can be complicated: "on a cycle way next to the Rhine river a couple of kilometers south of the town of ..." is not exact enough. Unfortunatly, no emergency access point sign was directly at that place. Finding the name of a road leading to the place helped. So I think it could be helpful to know the reference number of emergency access points nearby. What could be a good Garmin id, so that it is searchable? Regards, Bernhard

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Improper transliteration of Bulgarian text
by osm_dimitar155＠mail.bg 02 Aug '21

02 Aug '21

Hello all, There has been a post on the Bulgarian section of the OSM forum that Bulgarian names are not correctly transliterated (https://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?id=73331) According to these users, names show as question marks or if they show up the transliteration is incorrect. Here are some examples: Драгоман - Draghoman instead of Dragoman Драговищица - Dragovishchica instead of Dragovishticha Петърч - Pet?rch instead of Petarch I've found a document that shows what the correct transliteration of each letter is. It is complient with the transliteration act as of its last change in 2019. Note that it only applies to the Bulgarian language. Other languages may have different rules https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/… Is it possible to fix this issue without causing issues for other Slavic languages? I haven't investigated how your software works, but a possible solution could be to have a different set of rules for each country. Regards, Dimitar ------------------------------------- Отдавна искаш сайт, нали? Сега е времето да го направиш! Осигури му надежден хостинг на СуперЦена и спести до 300 лв. за първата година. Възползвай се от топ офертата това лято и започни да реализираш идеите си онлайн. https://www.superhosting.bg/web-hosting-promo.php?utm_source=mbg&utm_medium…

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