Re: [mkgmap-dev] mkgmap-dev Digest, Vol 24, Issue 23
I think "gut" is a fairly uncommon word.
According to Wikipedia: Gut (topography), relatively small coastal waterway connecting larger waterways
But even there, it is only on the disambiguation page; there is no actual article for it.
Or it is an american term that is uncommon by the British? ;-)
That may be true, but as an American I would say it is uncommon in America also :-) A few people use it; see for example: http://www.lat-long.com/ListLocations-1-Illinois-Gut.html That site also refers to a gut as an inlet or slough. Those are much more common words in America. I wonder who picked "gut" for the Garmin usage? Interesting. - Alan -- Alan Millar am12@bolis.com
Alan Millar wrote:
Or it is an american term that is uncommon by the British? ;-)
That may be true, but as an American I would say it is uncommon in America also :-)
LOL!
A few people use it; see for example:
http://www.lat-long.com/ListLocations-1-Illinois-Gut.html
That site also refers to a gut as an inlet or slough. Those are much more common words in America. I wonder who picked "gut" for the Garmin usage? Interesting.
Really funny. I must confess that I didn't think about the subtype. I just wondered, why an Island was under "water types" in my menu. And so I suggested to change the type. But I learned a lot of interesting things in this discussuion. :-))) Summasummarum my point of view of the Garmin devices has not changed: They make really good hardware but the software would really need to be improved. When I look at the chaos in an official Garmin forum I doubt that they have a software development process. Viele Grüße von Dani
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