latin1 is for Western Europe. Therefore I think the default is better than anything - let's face it (for population) the default should be Chinese - but so far it is not supported as far as I can tell. The default tries more than the rest; to be understandable. So I say keep the default. Cheers, Geoff. -----Original Message----- From: Steve Ratcliffe Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 9:05 PM To: Development list for mkgmap Subject: Re: [mkgmap-dev] Problem transferring maps from Mapsource Hi
I read the documentation, and understand now that code-page is dependent on target device. I wonder though if --latin1 should be default, if it's supported by most non-ancient devices. (I do have a GPS V, but I haven't tried to build maps for it in a really long time!)
I think it would be OK these days to have latin1 as a default, and I wouldn't have any objection to changing it if that's what everyone wanted. But on the other hand the current default is fine too. It has a smaller file size and works everywhere. ..Steve _______________________________________________ mkgmap-dev mailing list mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/mkgmap-dev