[talk-au] re Coastline rendering in Garmins Mapsource

[Matt White]

I sorted the maps today - stoopid downloads not working, and I obviously 
can't write a decent batch script to save my life....

Would have fixed it earlier, but not at work to do so - Australia Day 
for me generally results in a hangover, as it's also my birthday

Matt

John Kitchener wrote:
> Matt wrote:
>
> Coastlines (and the "inverse islands" issues) have been ongoing for ages for
> the Mkgmap produced Garmin files. There's a --generate-sea switch for Mkgmap
> that sometimes works fine, other times, not so good. It's hit and miss
> enough that I've never enabled it for the maps I generate.
>
> Problem seems to come from a few different things - non-closed coastline
> polygons, coastline direction changes, points where rivers join
> sea/coastline etc.
>
> There's a lot of chat on the mkg-map dev list over the last 6 months or so
> regarding this.
>
> Matt
> -------
> Thanks Matt. Without 'sea polygons' it'll remain a complete mess for Garmin
> displays. We need OSM to work in the 'real world' to accelerate uptake.
>
> Hopefully the --generate-sea- switch comes good in Mkgmap. Until then .....
>
> John k
>
> PS The OsmAustralia downloads appear stuck at the 26/1 at 22b. Happy
> Australia Day. :)
>
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