I'll try to find a solution once the remaining problems in the performance branch are solved.
> Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 00:14:42 +0100
> From: wolfgang.hammel@gmx.de
> To: mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [mkgmap-dev] Problem with splitter
>
> Hi,
>
> yes you are right, this is a splitter problem which
> is already known.
>
> As you can see in your example, the lake is split in a way that requires it
> to be split more than once along the bounding rectangle.
>
> see : http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/pipermail/mkgmap-dev/2011q3/012119.html
> and http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/pipermail/mkgmap-dev/2011q3/012120.html
>
> This prob. may occur, when the polygon to be split has more than two
> intersections with the bounding
> rectangle and consists of some ways that have all their nodes outside
> the clipping rectangle.
> As lakes and riverbanks may have curved outlines this can occasionally
> occur when the
> bounding rectangle intersects the polygon in a way such that the clipped
> polygon falls into more than one
> (or probably two) parts.
>
> I usually take the following manual procedure to circumvent the problem
> when it occurs.
>
> 1. Run Tile splitter once and create a map
> 2. check the map for floodings along large riverbanks or lakes
> 3. edit the file areas.list (back up the original one createt by splitter)
> in order to move the border of the tiles away from the offending
> riverbank or lake.
> But take care: you have to modify the corner coordinates of at least two
> areas in a consistent way in order to get a map without holes
> The modification of the coordinates should be done in multiples of 0x800.
> 3a. If needed you can visualize the splitting rectangles when you use
> the --write-kml option in step 1
> paste the complete contents of the generated kml-file here:
> http://display-kml.appspot.com/
> 4. rerun splitter using the option --split-file=<edited areas.list>
> 5. I use the same edited areas.list later again after I have downloaded
> new OSM-data
> so this manual procedure has to be done only once for a certain area
>
> Maybe someone has enough time to enhance TileSpltter, I unfortunately
> don't have at the moment.
>
> But anyhow: All those working on splitter and mkgmap are doing a great
> job. Thank you!
>
> Wolfgang
>
>
> Am 11.03.2012 22:16, schrieb Martin:
> > Looks like a coastline-problem.
> > Which parameter you use for mkgmap?
> >
> > //Martin
> >
> > Am 11.03.2012 um 22:10 schrieb GerdP:
> >
> >> Hi Matteo,
> >>
> >> can you please describe the problem and what it is that
> >> makes you believe that this is a splitter problem?
> >>
> >> Gerd
> >>
> >>
> >> Matteo Gottardi-2 wrote
> >>> Hi, I noticed a problem splitting the geofabrik pbf extract of Italy
> >>> using the standard splitter-r200 options.
> >>>
> >>> The area is at http://osm.org/go/0CmXpRz , and at
> >>> http://www.gomatteo.net/10.jpg you can see how it look in
> >>> QlandkarteGT.
> >>>
> >>> The osm data seem ok, is a splitter problem?
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