> Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 15:32:38 +0200
> From: osm@na1400.info
> To: mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [mkgmap-dev] mkgmap ToDo list
>
> Num-tiles=x would indeed be better for this specific need.
>
> It is my experience that it regularly takes multiple calls to Splitter
> to get 2+ sub-tiles when you reduce the max-nodes by 100k for each
> sub-split attempt. This is what I currently do to get an optimum in
> tile-size vs total number of tiles.
>
>
>
> On 29/04/2014 15:09, Gerd Petermann wrote:
> > Hi Lambertus,
> >
> > that sounds like a possible change in splitter:
> > Instead of specifying max-nodes you may specify --num-tiles=x
> > and splitter will try to find a split that produces excactly x tiles
> > which are not too narrow and have a node number which is not
> > too far from the average (but still aligned to a multiple of map units
> > as now).
> > So, for your script that means you don't have to find the max-nodes
> > value.
> >
> > I'll think about this again...
> >
> > Gerd
> >
> > > Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 14:59:36 +0200
> > > From: osm@na1400.info
> > > To: mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk
> > > Subject: Re: [mkgmap-dev] mkgmap ToDo list
> > >
> > > While this possibly can be solved in Splitter or Mkgmap, it could also
> > > be solved by your build-script when you add a maximum tile size check
> > > and re-split (with a lower number of max-nodes) until you get two or
> > > more sub-tiles. Granted, this adds complexity to the script but it works
> > > well for me.
> > >
> > > On 25/04/2014 21:54, Henning Scholland wrote:
> > > > Hi Gerd,
> > > >
> > > > I would like to have img-tiles which have globally nearly the same
> > > > filesize, so that they use the space of devices like eTrex 10.
> > > >
> > > > With my actual map I use globally the same value for max-nodes. But the
> > > > size of the img-tiles differ more then factor 2. Eg. a tile in Germany
> > > > is between 2 and 5 mb where a tile in China is about 10 mb. If I remove
> > > > details, this difference will increase, because in Germany more objects
> > > > will be removed from the img-tile then in China.
> > > >
> > > > Henning
> > > >
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