> Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2012 20:59:52 +0100
> From: wmgcnfg@web.de
> To: mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [mkgmap-dev] [PATCH v1] LocationHook speedup
>
> Hi Gerd,
>
> you have to do this step during the preprocessing. Time used in
> preprocessing doesn't matter because that have to be performed once only
> and most of the mkgmap users just download them and never have to run it
> themselves.
>
> All other aproaches won't work (I am quite sure ;-)
>
> WanMil
>
> > Hello WanMil,
> >
> > OK, I'll first try the effect by hard coding the wanted boundary list.
> > If I really see a big improvement, I know how much complexety the new
> > function can have. My first approach was to use subtract() for the Areas
> > that are in the level=7 boundary, but that it much too slow.
> >
> > Ciao,
> > Gerd
> >
> >
> > > Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2012 20:40:32 +0100
> > > From: wmgcnfg@web.de
> > > To: mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk
> > > Subject: Re: [mkgmap-dev] [PATCH v1] LocationHook speedup
> > >
> > > Hi Gerd,
> > >
> > > good idea! I am not sure if this additional preprocessing information
> > > has a great effect but it's worth trying that.
> > >
> > > Up to now we don't have such a function. The place for such a function
> > > would be to extend the BoundaryPreparer.workoutBoundaryRelations method.
> > >
> > > WanMil
> > >
> > > > Hello WanMil,
> > > >
> > > > I think I understand now what is so special with these admin_level=7
> > > > boundaries.
> > > > They form a collection of admin_level=8 boundaries. So, after working
> > > > through all admin_level=8 boundaries, the admin_level=7 is also done
> > > > because the admin_level=8 boundaries have the lies_in tag for them, but
> > > > LocationHook doesn't recognize that and continues to work through the
> > > > admin_level=6 boundaries. For each of the level=6 boundaries we
> > retrieve
> > > > a large number of elements from quadTree, and most of them are already
> > > > fully worked out.
> > > > So, if I got this right, we could save a lot of time if we can detect
> > > > that admin_level=7 should not be added to remainingLevels which would
> > > > reduce the size of the quadtree earlier.
> > > > I think we would need a function that determines if a boundary x is
> > > > completely overlaped by boundaries with a higher admin_level that have
> > > > the lies_in for x.
> > > >
> > > > Does that make sense?
> > > > Do we have such a function?
> > > >
> > > > Gerd
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > and I found Waldmohr because it prevented the elements from
> > being
> > > > > > "fully
> > > > > > > > worked out".
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Sounds reasonable. But then querying for Waldmohr should have
> > > > returned
> > > > > > > some elements, shouldn't it?
> > > > > > No, all elements are kept in the quadtree because they are not
> > "fully
> > > > > > worked out" until this admin_level=7 part is done, or to be more
> > > > > > precise, until they are processed for admin_level=8 or higher,
> > because
> > > > > > for admin_level=7 nothing is changed in this special case.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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