Street name search in gmapsupp.img generated via --index option
Hi - to test if --index now works out of the box, I just used mkgmap r2226 to generate a gmapsupp.img for my Nuvi SD card (I'm a linux user, no mapsource). It works! However street name search string need to start exactly with the street name prefix entered in OSM, example: for a street (via in italian) named "Via John Fitzgerald Kennedy" - known by everyone as Kennedy Street (i.e without the first name) - I've to tape exactly "Via John..." while using Garmin maps I can just enter "Kennedy" to get all the streets containing the word "Kennedy" Is it possible to search street names as I'm doing with POIs, i.e. to get the list of items %matching% the keyword I enter? I would appreciate any hint, Thanks gspeed
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It works! However street name search string need to start exactly with the street name prefix entered in OSM, example: for a street (via in italian) named "Via John Fitzgerald Kennedy" - known by everyone as Kennedy Street (i.e without the first name) - I've to tape exactly "Via John..." while using Garmin maps I can just enter "Kennedy" to get all the streets containing the word "Kennedy"
Yes this is a problem. I know roughly how the index can be constructed to allow you to search on any part of the name, but it is quite a big change. It is on my list of things to do though. This is particularly a problem for languages where the word for 'street' come first which is the priority to fix. ..Steve
On 3/5/2012 10:26 AM, Steve Ratcliffe wrote:
Hi Yes this is a problem. I know roughly how the index can be constructed to allow you to search on any part of the name, but it is quite a big change. It is on my list of things to do though.
This is particularly a problem for languages where the word for 'street' come first which is the priority to fix. Or with streets that have a direction prefixed. I was searching for Main St the other day and I couldn't find it. I had to type E Main to find it.
Francisco
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