[OSM-dev] Database-manipulation without PostGIS

[Claudius]

Am 06.04.2010 12:37, Steve Ratcliffe:
> On 04/04/10 17:21, Claudius wrote:
>   >  I'd like to help him get a usable Garmin map for Iran without
>   >  manipulating the base OSM database by copying name:en to name in an Iran
>   >  excerpt before running it through mkgmap.
>
> mkgmap has an option that pretty much does this without having to
> modify the input files.
>
> Use the --name-tag-list option and set the tag that you want to use as
> the name:
>
>      --name-tag-list=name:en
>
> You can also give a list of tags, the first one that exists is used
>      --name-tag-list=name:en,int_name,name
>
> This means that name:en will be used if it exists, if not then
> int_name will be used and finally plain name.
>
> ..Steve

Thanks all for the hints and tips. It seems that the name-tag-list is 
exactly what I've been looking for.

Claudius