Hi
mb.setAreaName(areaName != null ? areaName : "Area " + info.getMapname());
in GmapsuppBuilder sets the area name when none is given.
To me the behavior reported by Charlie Ferrero is more or less what I was expecting. There is no reason to expect a tool like sendmap would have the same defaults as mkgmap. My GPS has no external memory so I can not test myself.
Perhaps Charlie Ferrero needs to try is setting the --area-name to what he wants his map named?
What you say is absolutely correct technically. The only question was since area-name is not contained in anything that is given to MapSource, when mapsource sends a map to the device it can't use it. However, I just remembered that when you are uploading maps with mapsource you get a chance to type in your own name for the map set. That name defaults to family-name. If it can be confirmed that this is the meaning of area-name then I will leave it in and document it as such, but probably let it default to family-name instead of 'Area ...'. ..Steve