On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 6:55 PM, <<a href="mailto:simon@mungewell.org">simon@mungewell.org</a>> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi all,<br>
Does anyone have any solutions to auto-magically simplify the ways with an<br>
'.osm' file? I am looking at simplifying both to ease rendering and also<br>
to reduce the overall size of the file, prior to converting to a<br>
downloadable GPS map.<br>
<br>
GPS-babel was suggested on the IRC as it now supports '.osm', however the<br>
simplify option does not respect shared nodes, where ways intersect.<br>
<br>
Obviously for maps we don't want to be adjust these....<br>
<br>
It also strips all of the tags it does not understand, so the map would<br>
lose all of it's mapness and become a collection of blank ways.<br>
<br>
Any thoughts?<br>
Simon.<br>
</blockquote></div><br>I think JOSM has a simplify ways function. It might be in one of the
plugins; not sure. If you're planning to use cgpsmapper to compile the
maps, it already has a built-in simplification algorithm. You just need
to enable it in the .mp file (and I think it's on by default anyway).<br><br>Karl<br>