Hi Brett, an issue with the index on a Garmin device is that it requires specific codes for specific items. For a comparison of Garmin models and the use/appearance of codes, see http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Map_On_Garmin/POI_Types - In most cases, the meaning is the same for different models. In your command, you use --style-file=styles\mapnik\ ^ i.e. a relative path to the style, and a final backslash. Are you sure that the "correct" style was used (e.g. when you inspect your map with QLandkarte)? I use absolute path, without a final backslash, but that might be irrelevant. It is also my impression that Garmin uses all maps (even those which were switched off) when a POI search is performed - try to remove them as much as possible (I change the extension from *.IMG to *.IM) - I haven't tried that with the base map yet... Regards, Bernhard Am 24.11.2013 00:51, schrieb Brett Russell:
Hi
Time to follow up on this issue from some time back as I have not found any solutions. It would be good to have the index search feature refined. Anyway here is it again. Thanks for your consideration.
I have loaded my latest img made using 2800 of mkgmap and a custom style along with typ file on to a Garmin Rino 650. This unit has only ever had the OSM maps that I have created on it. The POI lookup has been causing me a few issues in the past with my 62S being much better but that might be due to it having Garmin's own Topo map loaded. I am at a loss how and what index from what img file my Garmins use.
Anyway, the problem is nothing comes up when I select all POI so I went into geographical features and then water features to find a lake. No water features showed up. I then selected land features and then could find the lake that I was after. It appears that at least on the Rino 650 the POI index has issues.
It the above a known problem with mkgmap or is their something wrong with my style and/or typ file? I use the following bat in Windows 7 to create the img.
REM mkgmap command line REM ------------------- java -Xmx8192m -Xms2048m -ea -jar mkgmap.jar ^ --max-jobs ^ --gmapsupp ^ --route --drive-on-left --check-roundabouts ^ --generate-sea ^ --remove-ovm-work-files ^ --add-pois-to-areas ^ --location-autofill=nearest ^ --index ^ --style-file=styles\mapnik\ ^ --description="Ent_World 20M Contours" ^ --country-name=Australia --country-abbr=AU --region-name=Tasmania --region-abbr=TAS --draw-priority=25 Ent_World.osm.pbf ^ --family-name=contours --draw-priority=31 --transparent Ent_contours_20M\Ent_world*.osm.pbf ^ styles\mapnik\mapnik_play.typ
Cheers
Brett