Hi, I am new to mapping and Garmin, so bear with me if I ask stupid questions! I have made a UK map from OSM data for my new eTrex10 which I am happy with - one level at resolution 18 with a pared down styling giving me a file of 1.7MB. What puzzles me is the eTrex10 has a "Where To?" page showing "Cities" and "All POIs" (among others) which have 50 entries each: "Cities" has a list of local towns and villages in distance order and all suffixed with ", ABC". "All POIs" is likewise distance sorted, an assortment of mostly small islets & islands, water features, which probably relate to my very reduced set of map features. It looks like the eTrex10 is producing these lists itself. Two questions: 1) Why do the towns have "ABC" suffixed? 2) Can I get rid of the map-derived POI list? I have tried using "--poi-excl-index=0x0100-0x0b00,0x650c,0x6603,0x1f00,0x3000-0x5f00" without success. I ask here because I suppose I won't get much help from Garmin - having replaced their built-in map! Neil.
Hi Neil, ABC is the default value for the country abbreviation. You can use option --country-abbr to change the default, see https://www.mkgmap.org.uk/doc/options for details, there are a lot more options similar to this. I have no idea why you want to get rid of the generated lists, and I don't know if that's possible on the device. Gerd ________________________________________ Von: mkgmap-dev <mkgmap-dev-bounces@lists.mkgmap.org.uk> im Auftrag von Neil Romig <neil@sixtythree.me.uk> Gesendet: Samstag, 15. April 2023 11:40 An: mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk Betreff: [mkgmap-dev] Garmin eTrex10 Map - POIs Hi, I am new to mapping and Garmin, so bear with me if I ask stupid questions! I have made a UK map from OSM data for my new eTrex10 which I am happy with - one level at resolution 18 with a pared down styling giving me a file of 1.7MB. What puzzles me is the eTrex10 has a "Where To?" page showing "Cities" and "All POIs" (among others) which have 50 entries each: "Cities" has a list of local towns and villages in distance order and all suffixed with ", ABC". "All POIs" is likewise distance sorted, an assortment of mostly small islets & islands, water features, which probably relate to my very reduced set of map features. It looks like the eTrex10 is producing these lists itself. Two questions: 1) Why do the towns have "ABC" suffixed? 2) Can I get rid of the map-derived POI list? I have tried using "--poi-excl-index=0x0100-0x0b00,0x650c,0x6603,0x1f00,0x3000-0x5f00" without success. I ask here because I suppose I won't get much help from Garmin - having replaced their built-in map! Neil. _______________________________________________ mkgmap-dev mailing list mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk https://www.mkgmap.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/mkgmap-dev
Gerd, Thanks for tip, I'll try that out. As for the POIs it is because I have tried to keep file size to a minimum (below 2MB) I have very few entries in my "points" file so the POI list is an assortment of offshore islands and some ponds scattered across a 300km radius. Not very useful. I have remedied this by not having anything except towns, village and cities in the "points" file. I decided ti share my UK map file at sites.google.com.view/etrex10 if anyone's interested. Neil. On Sat, 2023-04-15 at 11:18 +0000, Gerd Petermann wrote:
Hi Neil,
ABC is the default value for the country abbreviation. You can use option --country-abbr to change the default, see https://www.mkgmap.org.uk/doc/options for details, there are a lot more options similar to this.
I have no idea why you want to get rid of the generated lists, and I don't know if that's possible on the device.
Gerd
________________________________________ Von: mkgmap-dev <mkgmap-dev-bounces@lists.mkgmap.org.uk> im Auftrag von Neil Romig <neil@sixtythree.me.uk> Gesendet: Samstag, 15. April 2023 11:40 An: mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk Betreff: [mkgmap-dev] Garmin eTrex10 Map - POIs
Hi,
I am new to mapping and Garmin, so bear with me if I ask stupid questions!
I have made a UK map from OSM data for my new eTrex10 which I am happy with - one level at resolution 18 with a pared down styling giving me a file of 1.7MB. What puzzles me is the eTrex10 has a "Where To?" page showing "Cities" and "All POIs" (among others) which have 50 entries each:
"Cities" has a list of local towns and villages in distance order and all suffixed with ", ABC". "All POIs" is likewise distance sorted, an assortment of mostly small islets & islands, water features, which probably relate to my very reduced set of map features.
It looks like the eTrex10 is producing these lists itself.
Two questions:
1) Why do the towns have "ABC" suffixed?
2) Can I get rid of the map-derived POI list? I have tried using "--poi-excl-index=0x0100-0x0b00,0x650c,0x6603,0x1f00,0x3000-0x5f00" without success.
I ask here because I suppose I won't get much help from Garmin - having replaced their built-in map!
Neil. _______________________________________________ mkgmap-dev mailing list mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk https://www.mkgmap.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/mkgmap-dev
Hi Neil, reg. POIs: You wrote yourself that the list is generated by the device. I think that's correct and thus it doesn't have an influence on the map size. Gerd ________________________________________ Von: mkgmap-dev <mkgmap-dev-bounces@lists.mkgmap.org.uk> im Auftrag von Neil Romig <neil@sixtythree.me.uk> Gesendet: Sonntag, 16. April 2023 14:12 An: mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk Betreff: Re: [mkgmap-dev] Garmin eTrex10 Map - POIs Gerd, Thanks for tip, I'll try that out. As for the POIs it is because I have tried to keep file size to a minimum (below 2MB) I have very few entries in my "points" file so the POI list is an assortment of offshore islands and some ponds scattered across a 300km radius. Not very useful. I have remedied this by not having anything except towns, village and cities in the "points" file. I decided ti share my UK map file at sites.google.com.view/etrex10 if anyone's interested. Neil. On Sat, 2023-04-15 at 11:18 +0000, Gerd Petermann wrote: Hi Neil, ABC is the default value for the country abbreviation. You can use option --country-abbr to change the default, see https://www.mkgmap.org.uk/doc/options for details, there are a lot more options similar to this. I have no idea why you want to get rid of the generated lists, and I don't know if that's possible on the device. Gerd ________________________________________ Von: mkgmap-dev <mkgmap-dev-bounces@lists.mkgmap.org.uk<mailto:mkgmap-dev-bounces@lists.mkgmap.org.uk>> im Auftrag von Neil Romig <neil@sixtythree.me.uk<mailto:neil@sixtythree.me.uk>> Gesendet: Samstag, 15. April 2023 11:40 An: mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk<mailto:mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk> Betreff: [mkgmap-dev] Garmin eTrex10 Map - POIs Hi, I am new to mapping and Garmin, so bear with me if I ask stupid questions! I have made a UK map from OSM data for my new eTrex10 which I am happy with - one level at resolution 18 with a pared down styling giving me a file of 1.7MB. What puzzles me is the eTrex10 has a "Where To?" page showing "Cities" and "All POIs" (among others) which have 50 entries each: "Cities" has a list of local towns and villages in distance order and all suffixed with ", ABC". "All POIs" is likewise distance sorted, an assortment of mostly small islets & islands, water features, which probably relate to my very reduced set of map features. It looks like the eTrex10 is producing these lists itself. Two questions: 1) Why do the towns have "ABC" suffixed? 2) Can I get rid of the map-derived POI list? I have tried using "--poi-excl-index=0x0100-0x0b00,0x650c,0x6603,0x1f00,0x3000-0x5f00" without success. I ask here because I suppose I won't get much help from Garmin - having replaced their built-in map! Neil. _______________________________________________ mkgmap-dev mailing list mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk<mailto:mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk> https://www.mkgmap.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/mkgmap-dev
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