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- 10-18-2010
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Hello,
Just sharing with you.
Some weeks ago i made a trip to Indonesia and Malaysia. For this trip
i wanted to have maps for my Garmin Nuvi 200. Looking around a.o. at
the Garmin site i did not succeed or i found the maps to expensive.
I downloaded some maps from the OpenStreetMap and this worked great
The maps were very detailed and accurate and routable. (This of course
for the area's i visited.)
So this might be an idea for other travellers.
Ci
Just sharing with you.
Some weeks ago i made a trip to Indonesia and Malaysia. For this trip
i wanted to have maps for my Garmin Nuvi 200. Looking around a.o. at
the Garmin site i did not succeed or i found the maps to expensive.
I downloaded some maps from the OpenStreetMap and this worked great
The maps were very detailed and accurate and routable. (This of course
for the area's i visited.)
So this might be an idea for other travellers.
Ci
Does routing work by address (can you input something like 30 Smith
Rd), or just by clicking on the map? I've heard that with SOME it is
the latter.
Thanks!
>>I downloaded some maps from the OpenStreetMap and this worked great
>>The maps were very detailed and accurate and routable. (This of course
>>for the area's i visited.)
>>The maps were very detailed and accurate and routable. (This of course
>>for the area's i visited.)
>
>Does routing work by address (can you input something like 30 Smith
>Rd), or just by clicking on the map? I've heard that with SOME it is
>the latter.
>Thanks!
To be honest i did not try this (and i can not try it anymore because
>Does routing work by address (can you input something like 30 Smith
>Rd), or just by clicking on the map? I've heard that with SOME it is
>the latter.
>Thanks!
i deleted the files as i am not planning to go there again in a short
time).
The way i used it was to look up a place on the map and than autoroute
to that location. This was because i am always confused about the
correct spelling of locations (cities/streets/etc) in a lot of foreign
countries.
Si
GeorgeB wrote:
No lookups by address in OSM yet.
Some OSM routable map makers turn each street name into a POI,
but I think this makes the cure worse than the disease.
I don't know whether the people at Garmin read this group, but
I reckon it's in Garmin's interest to support OSM. As an active
OSM contributor, I own 3 Garmin units. If OSM maps didn't work
on them, I'd likely own none.
John
>>I downloaded some maps from the OpenStreetMap and this worked great
>>The maps were very detailed and accurate and routable. (This of course
>>for the area's i visited.)
>>The maps were very detailed and accurate and routable. (This of course
>>for the area's i visited.)
>
> Does routing work by address (can you input something like 30 Smith
> Rd), or just by clicking on the map? I've heard that with SOME it is
> the latter.
> Does routing work by address (can you input something like 30 Smith
> Rd), or just by clicking on the map? I've heard that with SOME it is
> the latter.
No lookups by address in OSM yet.
Some OSM routable map makers turn each street name into a POI,
but I think this makes the cure worse than the disease.
I don't know whether the people at Garmin read this group, but
I reckon it's in Garmin's interest to support OSM. As an active
OSM contributor, I own 3 Garmin units. If OSM maps didn't work
on them, I'd likely own none.
John
> GeorgeB wrote:
>>>I downloaded some maps from the OpenStreetMap and this worked great
>>>The maps were very detailed and accurate and routable. (This of course
>>>for the area's i visited.)
>>>The maps were very detailed and accurate and routable. (This of course
>>>for the area's i visited.)
>> Does routing work by address (can you input something like 30 Smith
>> Rd), or just by clicking on the map? I've heard that with SOME it is
>> the latter.
>> Rd), or just by clicking on the map? I've heard that with SOME it is
>> the latter.
> No lookups by address in OSM yet.
> Some OSM routable map makers turn each street name into a POI,
> but I think this makes the cure worse than the disease.
> I don't know whether the people at Garmin read this group, but
> I reckon it's in Garmin's interest to support OSM. As an active
> OSM contributor, I own 3 Garmin units. If OSM maps didn't work
> on them, I'd likely own none.
> Some OSM routable map makers turn each street name into a POI,
> but I think this makes the cure worse than the disease.
> I don't know whether the people at Garmin read this group, but
> I reckon it's in Garmin's interest to support OSM. As an active
> OSM contributor, I own 3 Garmin units. If OSM maps didn't work
> on them, I'd likely own none.
So - how do the OSM maps work for common tasks....
Our usage here around Chicago, along with our recent trip to Germany
is mostly comprised of these lookups...
A - a built-in POI like a Walmart, McD, or Berlin Bahnhopf
B - an exact address for a person's house - 123 Elm St, Anywhere IL
C - a general city destination - like driving from Atlanta to Panama City
Beach
Our current Garmin Nuvi's and maps all give results,
routes to drive, and TTS spoken directions with names of streets.. (in
languages)
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- Garmin GPS
- 2008-01-03
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- 2007-01-14
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- 2006-07-12
- Garmin City Select.
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- 2005-10-11
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- 2005-09-25
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>The maps were very detailed and accurate and routable. (This of course
>for the area's i visited.)