On 16/11/2012 15:14, michael lohr
wrote:
i got it from the mkgmap default style. i
never thought much about it, because it just worked. but i'm
wondering now why the converion is necessary at all, because the
altitude is written as the name of the
contour line. aren't names just strings?
I don't think so - according to the default contours_ft style, "#
Contours take their name from the elevation setting.". But their
names change according to 'preferences/units' in MapSource. For
example, in changing from metres to feet, '250' changes to '820' and
the mouseover name changes from '250 m' to '820 ft'. I imagine the
same will apply on the GPS unit, but it doesn't seem to happen for
peaks. Also, if the 'ele' value of a contour is non-numeric,
MapSource complains about it.
Roger