How to make an address search work on your Garmin (advanced)

you need

1) latest mkgmap.jar

2) Incorporate latest default style , lines & points

lines & points should include all the

mkgmap:country=SWE & mkgmap:city!=* etc

mkgmap:city!=* & mkgmap:admin_level8=* { set mkgmap:city='${mkgmap:admin_level8}' } etc
mkgmap:postal_code!=* & mkgmap:postcode=* { set mkgmap:postal_code='${mkgmap:postcode}' } etc including: mkgmap:is_in!=* & is_in=* { set mkgmap:is_in='${is_in}' }

3) in your points file make sure :

you have given type numbers to city, town, village, hamlet, region and island ie

place=village [0x0500 resolution 23]

4) make sure the following exists in your lines file

highway=* {name '${ref} ${name}' | '${ref}' | '${name}' }

5) Include the following options in your bat file:

(remember the following won't work unless you have given id and family names etc)

-gmapsupp
--location-autofill=is_in, nearest
--overview-mapname=mapoverview
--name-tag-list=int_name, name
--route
--net
--index
--max-jobs
--transparent
--remove-short-arcs
--series-name="myname"
--family-name="myname"
--tdbfile

All lines in bold are essential .