On Jul 31, 2009, at 19:54, Alexander Wittig wrote:
So I did some research and I think the problem is that not all of the "magic" symbols in src/uk/me/parabola/mkgmap/osmstyle/actions/HighwaySymbolFilter.java are available on the unit. Also they are named wrongly for this unit.
Just out of interest, have you tried using the --latin1 option when you compile your map? This switches to 8-bit mode (or something) which uses different byte codes for the highway symbols. It is possible that there are errors in the 6-bit codes. At any rate, I compile my maps with this option, and the highway symbols appear correctly, both in Mapsource and on my eTrex Vista HCx, which I assume should be very close to your Vista CX in display characteristics. When I tested this, I also noticed that the US Interstate and other highway shields were of limited use, as they appeared to only display numeric values. Therefore I stayed with the highway-symbol:hbox, box and oval symbols.