Folks, The attached patch adds a --road-name-pois option that will generate a named node for each named way. It currently places the node near the middle of the way. The fake node has a tag place=road_name_POI and will need an entry in the points file like this: place=road_name_POI [0x640a resolution 21] I think the code 0x64a is a good choice because it is shows up as a "geographic point" (well, it does on the etrex). The patch is really just for experimentation and comment but it could grow into something useful. In particular, the manner I have implemented it may not be optimal/approved. It's just what came to mind first. As I don't actually need this functionality myself, perhaps it would be better for a developer that wants this (and has suitable hardware for testing) to take it over. BTW - It currently makes no attempt to merge multiple ways with the same name. Cheers, Mark