Re: [Qlandkartegt-users] Using the search functionality

[Oliver E. <oli...@gm...>]

> 
> About the wikipage: currently it is not allowed to upload a gpx file,
> is it possible for you to allow that? I planned to use a gpx file as
> an example to work with.

Nope, looks like I can't do either:
Permitted file types: png, gif, jpg, jpeg, svg. 

But you can send it to me, I put it on www.qlandkarte.org and you link it. 

Oliver

> 
> 
> Cornelis
> 
> 2010/1/28 Oliver Eichler <oli...@gm...>:
> >
> > Hi Cornelis,
> >
> > yes I saw your changes. Well done. Thanks.
> >
> > The "Search" Dialog has two tabs. One for raster maps to create a symbol
> mask and to find it on the map by correlation.
> >
> > The second was an attempt to search for strings in the Garmin maps by
> storing all strings with references to their elements in a SQLite database.
> This works for old format maps with no extended types. I never updated the
> stuff for extended types. I even think about removing the Garmin serach for
> 1.0.0 completely. It never worked well, the original goal to retrieve all
> polylines of a hiking trail never worked as expected.
> >
> > In the meanwhile the OSM project seems to have decoded the search index
> section for Garmin maps. I didn't look into the code. But maybe that is a
> better idea to search on Garmin maps.
> >
> > A long story short: I would suggest not to spend any effort on the
> "Search" for now, because it's very likely to be removed.
> >
> >
> > Oliver
> >
> > -------- Original-Nachricht --------
> >> Datum: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:59:35 +0100
> >> Von: Cornelis de Gier <cwd...@gm...>
> >> An: qla...@li...
> >> Betreff: [Qlandkartegt-users] Using the search functionality
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I'm trying to write a start of a manual on the wiki
> >>
> (https://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/qlandkartegt/index.php?title=Help_for_QLandkarte_GT),
> >> and I need some help.
> >>
> >> I was wondering what the "Search Map" item in the Map menu is supposed
> >> to do. When I've loaded a map from openmtbmap.org, and press F7, there
> >> appear two new tabs: "Database" and "Symbols". The text fields "Text
> >> to find" are grayed out. The only thing that seems sensible is to push
> >> the button  "Create index". This takes a while, but after that, the
> >> text fields are still grayed out.
> >>
> >> There is also a tab on the lower left called "Search". Some waypoints
> >> are found using this tab, e.g. Snowworld, but other waypoints such as
> >> "Van der Valk Nootdorp" (N52° 03.144 E004° 24.071) are not found. I
> >> was wondering how to get some more consistent results.
> >>
> >> Kind regards,
> >>
> >>
> >> Cornelis
> >>
> >>
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