-----Original Message----- From: Valentijn Sessink [mailto:valentyn@blub.net] Sent: 05 November 2009 17:43 PM To: Development list for mkgmap Subject: [mkgmap-dev] indexing stuff Hello list, I tried the indexing stuff for the first time. It does work a little bit: it will find the location of streets if I select them from the list of all streets. However, I can't seem to search for streets or cities. Also, the country of all these is "country" and in the list of cities, there is an "ABC" behind the names - could that be a hard coded state name? (I suppose the above is just how it works now and nothing to worry about). Best regards, Valentijn ----------------------------- Hi Valentijn, No, I don't think this is just how it works now. I get the impression that some people has fully functional address search on their devices? Someone please confirm. For myself address search is still not available on the device. I have tried Felix' mtb maps of my area, and the problem remains. So I don't think my compiling methods (options used) is to blame. Possibilities are: 1) Not all devices can cope with --index. I use Nuvi200W, someone had exact same complain using Nuvi250 "Device asks for province/state and can't find any" Problem is that with the original Garmin map my device ask for country, and then city- never province 2) OSM input data insufficient. Maybe there is no address data in the file and that might be what is required? I see a lot of "fix my address" labels that I can't find in the OSM data, so might be generated by mkgmap? Or maybe I just can't find it. I deleted all is_in tags, but it had no effect, I added is_in tags- no effect. I deleted all is_in:state tags, but it had no effect, I added is_in:state tags- no effect. (same with is_in:province) 3) No-one else can get it to work on the device, and we're just assuming everyone else is happy, or maybe resigned? I believe "ABC" is mkgmap's default --country-abbr if you don't specify it. I am unsure whether "country" is mkgmap's default country-name? I am not complaining - All & all I am extremely happy with the work all these developers have done. So I can't search streets by address - so what - I am quite happy with -road-name-pois=0x2f15 for now. On the other hand I gladly share ny findings just to help development. BTW I found a style file work around to increase routing distance. Where my map's max was 1400km before I can now route up to 2200km, by simply upgrading the road-class of the major long distance connector roads. BennieD ##################################################################################### Scanned by MailMarshal - Marshal's comprehensive email content security solution. Download a free evaluation of MailMarshal at www.marshal.com #####################################################################################