On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 07:11:41PM +1100, Hendrik Oesterlin wrote:
I tried to put some house numbers in OSM in order to be searchable on my Garmin device.
See http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-22.275439&lon=166.45965&zoom=18&layers=B0... and http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-22.15022&lon=166.48473&zoom=17&layers=B00... for the two test locations.
I was unable to find this house numbers on my Nüvi755. (using the 20091216_gmapsupp.zip available at my site http://www.oesterlin.ile.nc/gps/ )
Is this feature supported by mkgmap?
As far as I can tell, it is not yet supported. A friend once showed a commercial map on his Edge 705, and it displayed house numbers when you moved the pointer aside the street, and I suppose that house numbers would have worked in the address search too. In mkgmap-generated maps, addr:* and phone do show up in POI details on the Edge 705. That reminds me: Is it possible to change the address format? Many European countries (except the UK) would display addresses like this: name addr:street addr:housenumber addr:postcode addr:city addr:country In mkgmap-generated maps, the street/housenumber and postcode/city are the other way around. Looking at the gmapsupp.img, it seems that the addresses are formatted in that way by Garmin. Also, if addr:housenumber contains a dash, it will be converted to "Apt.", apparently by Garmin. That might make sense in some countries, but in this part of the world, large properties can sometimes span several house numbers, and 12-14 would mean a range of house numbers, not "12 Apt. 14". Best regards, Marko