Re: Worldwide routable Garmin maps: URL REMOVED

I have been using your Generic Routable (testing new style) maps on my Garmin Montana GPS for quite a while and except for some small rendering quirks are fantastic. Here in Thailand we're experiencing quite a run of "mapping for the renderer" issues because certain POIs no not render appropriately in Garmin Basecamp or on Garmin GPS units. People either object to the particular tag being used because its rendering doesn't suit them while in some cases, POIs are not rendered with any symbol at all.

Examples: Some tower structures that are definitely not communication towers get an icon that resembles a "radio tower". We have started tagging certain tower structures as stupas when they are associated with buddhist temples or wats in our area. The stupa is part of the man_made=tower, tower:type=* tag set. The radio tower icon is not really appropriate. Also, wats render only as a dot on my maps at all zoom levels. Wats are very prominent features in Thailand and are also numerous. It would be nice if they were rendered in a more meaningful way.

As a total novice as regards map symbols and their incorporation into maps, I'm wondering how I should approach this problem. Is it something you can do here either by modifying your style sheets or your TYP files, or is it something we can, or should, do on our own? Is it a Garmin problem?

Thanks in advance...

Dave