Re: [talk-au] admin boundaries on garmin
I have found the admin boundaries (suburbs were giving me the most grief) are really misleading for navigation too, particularly on smaller screens as Liz mentioned. I prefer to grab the ones from here osmaustralia.org as I don't have time to build my own. So when he does fix it, it will be appreciated. Maybe he could filter out private pools while he is at it. :-) Cheers, Greg On 24 February 2010 10:25, Steve Bennett wrote: > On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 8:57 AM, wrote: > > I used my garmin oregon 550 in the car on the way to Canberra yesterday. > > Messed up a bit because i hadn't put a routable map on it, so had Navit > on > > the netbook on the passengers seat to assist me. > > However I noted that the OSM map on the Garmin clearly shows the admin > > boundaries with names - I was seeing the postcode or suburb boundaries > > (not sure which). Not helpful overall on a small screen. > > Anyone else got any comments (do we change our admin boundaries or deal > > with mkgmap) > > This isn't so much a Garmin issue as an issue in how you convert OSM > to Garmin. Presumably you're downloading the converted maps from > http://osmaustralia.org/downloads.php . Now, I've talked to Matt White > about that issue (and a few others - notably buildings don't render), > and he knows and agrees, and has sent me the relevant files to fix, > but neither of us has had the time to do anything about it. I'm very > interested in improving this stuff, but just can't find the time atm. > > Anyway, try giving Matt a buzz (m...@osmaustralia.org) and maybe he can > help. > > Steve > > ___ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
Re: [talk-au] admin boundaries on garmin
On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 8:57 AM, wrote: > I used my garmin oregon 550 in the car on the way to Canberra yesterday. > Messed up a bit because i hadn't put a routable map on it, so had Navit on > the netbook on the passengers seat to assist me. > However I noted that the OSM map on the Garmin clearly shows the admin > boundaries with names - I was seeing the postcode or suburb boundaries > (not sure which). Not helpful overall on a small screen. > Anyone else got any comments (do we change our admin boundaries or deal > with mkgmap) This isn't so much a Garmin issue as an issue in how you convert OSM to Garmin. Presumably you're downloading the converted maps from http://osmaustralia.org/downloads.php . Now, I've talked to Matt White about that issue (and a few others - notably buildings don't render), and he knows and agrees, and has sent me the relevant files to fix, but neither of us has had the time to do anything about it. I'm very interested in improving this stuff, but just can't find the time atm. Anyway, try giving Matt a buzz (m...@osmaustralia.org) and maybe he can help. Steve ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
Re: [talk-au] admin boundaries on garmin
ed...@billiau.net wrote: > I used my garmin oregon 550 in the car on the way to Canberra yesterday. > Messed up a bit because i hadn't put a routable map on it, so had Navit on > the netbook on the passengers seat to assist me. > However I noted that the OSM map on the Garmin clearly shows the admin > boundaries with names - I was seeing the postcode or suburb boundaries > (not sure which). Not helpful overall on a small screen. > Anyone else got any comments (do we change our admin boundaries or deal > with mkgmap) One of the reasons I make my own Garmin maps is to suppress all admin boundaries. Many times in the early days I found myself driving an unmapped road which was also an admin boundary, and didn't log that section as a gpx file because I mistook the boundary display for a highway. John H ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
Re: [talk-au] admin boundaries on garmin
I don't think we should be changing the boundaries, otherwise we end running around trying to satisfy a whole bunch of different apps cheers On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 8:57 AM, wrote: > I used my garmin oregon 550 in the car on the way to Canberra yesterday. > Messed up a bit because i hadn't put a routable map on it, so had Navit on > the netbook on the passengers seat to assist me. > However I noted that the OSM map on the Garmin clearly shows the admin > boundaries with names - I was seeing the postcode or suburb boundaries > (not sure which). Not helpful overall on a small screen. > Anyone else got any comments (do we change our admin boundaries or deal > with mkgmap) > Liz > > > ___ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > -- Franc ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
[talk-au] admin boundaries on garmin
I used my garmin oregon 550 in the car on the way to Canberra yesterday. Messed up a bit because i hadn't put a routable map on it, so had Navit on the netbook on the passengers seat to assist me. However I noted that the OSM map on the Garmin clearly shows the admin boundaries with names - I was seeing the postcode or suburb boundaries (not sure which). Not helpful overall on a small screen. Anyone else got any comments (do we change our admin boundaries or deal with mkgmap) Liz ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
