Why are stiles and gates marked as "Pillar" on my Garmin?
The title says it all. I noticed the word appearing on my Garmin before, when out walking along paths added by somebody else and thinking that it was a little curious. Now, I find that stiles that I have set nodes to along footpaths that I have added, are also called pillars on my Garmin. So are some gates that I added to paths, although other gates don't appear at all. Can something be done to fix this? Is it associated with mkgmap or the service that Lambertus kindly provides? Now that the problem with the missing roads appears to be fixed (I've not driven down there yet, but on Friday I drove past the end of the road that was previously missing and the eTrex was correctly directing me down that road to Bath) thanks to whoever helped sort it out, any chance of addressing this error? Dave
On 18/12/2011 13:16, David Fletcher wrote:
Can something be done to fix this? Is it associated with mkgmap or the service that Lambertus kindly provides?
I'd expect that that would be it. With mkgmap you can make pretty much anything appear as anything - in order to show them you've got to pick something to map them to, and I guess that's what he's picked. There's no "official" Garmin OSM map, just a number of widely used ones. If you want them to appear as something else pick another download or create your own. For my own mkgmap maps I do instead: barrier=gate [0x2f0f resolution 23 default_name 'Gate'] barrier=stile [0x2f14 resolution 23 default_name 'Stile'] and if you create your own maps, you can pick whatever you want. There are various bits of help for how to do that - for example here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mkgmap/help/How_to_create_a_map and if you search for "mkgmap" in help.osm.org you'll also get answers there. Cheers, Andy
It is used in the default mkgmap styles for most barrier pois: 0x660f (Garmin type for pillar) barrier=bollard | barrier=bus_trap {add access = no; add bicycle = yes; add foot = yes} [0x660f resolution 24] barrier=block | barrier=cycle_barrier | barrier=stile | barrier=kissing_gate {add access = no; add foot = yes} [0x660f resolution 24] If you want to change the rendering, you can to use and adapt the mapnik type file or make your own typ file.
On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 01:16:35PM +0000, David Fletcher wrote:
The title says it all. I noticed the word appearing on my Garmin before, when out walking along paths added by somebody else and thinking that it was a little curious. Now, I find that stiles that I have set nodes to along footpaths that I have added, are also called pillars on my Garmin. So are some gates that I added to paths, although other gates don't appear at all.
Can something be done to fix this?
Yes, the translation is defined in the default style. What would your suggested fix be? That gates should be displayed as well? Or that stiles should be removed from the default style? As a bicyclist who occasionally tows a trailer, I am interested in any barriers. We do not have stiles over here, but there often are two bollards spaced about 1 meter apart, for preventing motor vehicle traffic. Alternatively, at the end of a 3 meter wide cycleway/footway there is a half-gate with about 1 meter wide "hole" in it. These barriers are often used for making residential streets no-through for cars but allow bicycles and pedestrians to take shortcuts. Often it is more pleasant to ride or walk on quiet residential roads rather than on a cycleway next to a secondary or primary road. This seems to be a fairly new development in Finland. Some residential areas are true dead-ends for all modes of transportation. Best regards, Marko
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