Arabic Garmin OSM

Why OSM garmin map Arabic Names do not show all the names appear in English only The Arabic name in the name tag and the English name in name:en but it show english only one language only english

arabic garmin.osm.nl names

asked 09 Jul '16, 22:06

alhjres
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edited 10 Jul '16, 09:54

aseerel4c26 ♦
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Which "OSM Garmin Map" are you using? There are many downloads available.

(10 Jul '16, 00:23) SomeoneElse ♦

I use this http://garmin.openstreetmap.nl/

(10 Jul '16, 01:18) alhjres

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You can produce Garmin suitable maps using http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/

In the documentation it states... --unicode This is equivalent to --code-page=65001. Note that only newer devices support Unicode. I believe this is suitable to display Arabic text.

I downloaded as an .osm file the above area and ran Mkgmap using the --unicode switch and on my Garmin etrex it appears to be displaying Arabic to me (though I can't read Arabic)

I suspect that the search function is probably unlikely to work with this unicode on the Garmin though but it reads ok.

Incidentally, there is still a place=town tag with name=Ghayl Ba Wazir on the osm area that you edited.

(this comment copied from https://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/50743/names-not-in-local-language-on-map and pasted here as this is more related question)

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answered 11 Jul '16, 08:53

nevw
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See ligfietser's reply here
http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?id=55091

(10 Jul '16, 13:00) nevw

Is this program, operating with Windows os

(11 Jul '16, 12:23) alhjres

mkgmap? Yes, it is based on Java. However it has no GUI and needs to be called from the command line.

(11 Jul '16, 12:30) scai ♦

It's Java and can run on Windows. I wrote a diary entry for a worked example (on Windows) here:

http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/SomeoneElse/diary/38613

(11 Jul '16, 12:30) SomeoneElse ♦

ok I did it Arabic is display

(11 Jul '16, 15:23) alhjres

I use this java -jar mkgmap.jar --code-page=65001 yemen-latest.osm.pbf

(11 Jul '16, 15:47) alhjres

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Hi Have a look here http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=8/35.980/54.080 all those names look Arabic to me. Follow the same tagging protocol and your OSM garmin map should get Arabic as well.

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answered 09 Jul '16, 23:46

Hendrikklaas
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I dont mean in OSM maps I mean when I downloaded it as garmin map IMG maps just show one language english language only

(10 Jul '16, 01:42) alhjres

I notice that the http://garmin.openstreetmap.nl/ maps are currently using osm data dated Map version: 30-06-2016.
See at bottom right corner of the blue map. This is likely to be before you edited the osm map. I think Lambertus updates his database about weekly so you may need to try later to see if the Garmin extracts are as you expect.

(10 Jul '16, 10:10) nevw

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