[talk-au] Suitable Garvin GPS Devices
My T_m-T_m GPS is over two years old ... and its maps are showing some errors. I was looking at buying a new set of maps ... but if I can get them for my model, they will cost almost as much as a new gps!! Some friends have told me that a Garvin GPS is the way to go ... because I can then take advantage of the OSM work done by others ... and keep my maps up to date. I can even contribute by inputting data from places I visit on my winter travels up the north coast! Accepting this, are there any Garvin GPS that will not support OSM ... i.e. that I should stay away from. This buying of commercial maps every couple of years is a pain!! Maybe I should scan the discount stores for a Garvin ... now ... during the after-Xmas sales?? Maybe if you have specific advice you could email me direct. I don't want to start a flame-war ... over different brands of GPS! I use my GPS in the car/motorhome ... so a 4.5in screen would be a plus. The windscreen in our truck is a metre from my eyes! Thanks for any help... Richard -- Eraina Richard Jenkins Mossy Point AU (approximately 300 Km South of Sydney ... on the coast) ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
Re: [talk-au] Suitable Garmin GPS Devices
On Mon, 3 Jan 2011 11:22:00 +1100 Eraina Richard Jenkins richardvk...@gmail.com wrote: My T_m-T_m GPS is over two years old ... and its maps are showing some errors. I was looking at buying a new set of maps ... but if I can get them for my model, they will cost almost as much as a new gps!! Some friends have told me that a Garvin GPS is the way to go ... because I can then take advantage of the OSM work done by others ... and keep my maps up to date. I can even contribute by inputting data from places I visit on my winter travels up the north coast! Accepting this, are there any Garvin GPS that will not support OSM ... i.e. that I should stay away from. This buying of commercial maps every couple of years is a pain!! Maybe I should scan the discount stores for a Garvin ... now ... during the after-Xmas sales?? Maybe if you have specific advice you could email me direct. I don't want to start a flame-war ... over different brands of GPS! I use my GPS in the car/motorhome ... so a 4.5in screen would be a plus. The windscreen in our truck is a metre from my eyes! Thanks for any help... Richard I am using routable maps for Garmin from http://osmaustralia.org/garminroute.php and these work OK in my Garmin Oregon. I have not tested them in the Garmin car sat-nav at all, which is a 2007 model for which I have no new maps since 2008. On being able to add to the data - note that there is a split in the community over the new licence for OSM and some substantial contributors to the Australian map will provide no more data to OSM after April Fool's Day. We will have alternate data sources by then. ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
[talk-au] Murray and Murrumbidgee rivers and anabranches
I've been working on the Murray anabranches and the Murrumbidgee River so far this year. Filling in gaps and putting the flow in an appropriate direction and disentangling from the admin boundaries. ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
[talk-au] historical fascination with mapping stuff...
http://www.thejanuarist.com/5-fascinating-maps-of-london/ -- _ Jim Croft ~ jim.cr...@gmail.com ~ +61-2-62509499 ~ http://about.me/jrc 'A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity.' - Robert Frost, poet (1874-1963) Please send URIs, not attachments: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
Re: [talk-au] historical fascination with mapping stuff...
On 3 January 2011 11:18, Jim Croft jim.cr...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.thejanuarist.com/5-fascinating-maps-of-london/ For those not on the talk list, the BBC did a doco on the joy of stats which also includes things like the stuff ITO did in 2008 showing a year of edits... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOOmqHzkkOo ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
