Toby said:

I tried

/-------- | highway=motorway_junction { name '${ref} ${name}' | '${ref}' | '${name}' } \--------

but that didn't make any difference to my directions. Hope that tiny datum is helpful!

Yes it's just one short step away from making a POI that will be visible on the map. highway=motorway_junction { name '${ref} ${name}' | '${ref}' | '${name}' } highway=motorway_junction [0x2000 resolution 16] It's probably not the whole answer because when I tried it out in mapsource, the exit name wasn't mentioned in the routing instructions. It would be good if someone tried out routing via a motorway exit using a map generated with the above addition to points to see if a real GPS mentions the exit by name or not - I suspect it won't but maybe we'll be lucky. It's probably worth adding a rule to generate the POIs for exits anyway. Cheers, Mark

Hi Michel,

Mark Burton wrote:

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highway=motorway_junction { name '${ref} ${name}' | '${ref}' | '${name}' } highway=motorway_junction [0x2000 resolution 16]

It's probably not the whole answer because when I tried it out in mapsource, the exit name wasn't mentioned in the routing instructions.

It would be good if someone tried out routing via a motorway exit using a map generated with the above addition to points to see if a real GPS mentions the exit by name or not - I suspect it won't but maybe we'll be lucky.

Tried that on my Nuvi 250 (first with 0x2000 and then 0x2700) neither of those seem to have any effect.

Well, not much effect it's true. As far as I can see they make the exit visible but it's not yet findable.

However, changing highway=motorway_link from 0x01 to 0x09 (meaning "Highway exits and connecting ramps" (according to http://www.malsingmaps.com/wiki/index.php/POI_and_Road_object_Reference)) triggers some additional instructions (e.g. keep right onto <motorway-name/ref>).

That's worth having. We may as well also change the code for trunk_link to be the same. Cheers, Mark

Toby Speight wrote:

0> In article <20090304190155.3fcd1907@crow>, 0> Mark Burton <URL:mailto:markb@ordern.com> ("Mark") wrote:

Mark> Yes, instructions are not our strong point at the moment. Some Mark> work is obviously required there. It would be great if we could Mark> sort the instructions for roundabouts, lane changes, etc. I feel Mark> some more late nights coming on!

If you're looking at this, don't forget exits. OSM has exit numbers in the form highway=motorway_junction, ref=*|name=*, and I think there must be a way to see these in instructions.

I tried

/-------- | highway=motorway_junction { name '${ref} ${name}' | '${ref}' | '${name}' } \--------

but that didn't make any difference to my directions. Hope that tiny datum is helpful! _______________________________________________ mkgmap-dev mailing list mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/mkgmap-dev

I have been told to leave a motorway at the correct junction number twice, both times at the same junction. Heading north on the M6 I was told to leave at j33 (the lowercase j is deliberate). I can see nothing different about this junction to any other that would indicate why this happened I can only report that it did http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=53.9837&lon=-2.7833&zoom=14&layers=B000FTF At the time I had asked the GPS to take me to Lancaster so this was not a pre-programmed route. I can't say for sure which version of mkgmap the map was created with as it's a few weeks ago and I haven't been back since so it may well still give me the notification. I'd forgotten about it until I read this message. Paul