I think I used maps generated from OSM data on my Lowrance GPS before I
knew what OSM was. I was looking for freely available maps of Poland
for a trip I did there with my family a few years ago. More recently I
used similar maps on my Garmin when my wife and I traveled to Prague and
Poland.
A little after that I created an account on OSM and uploaded my first
GPS track of a forestry & 4x4 road near Lac Le Jeune in BC.
Even more recently geocaching.com removed the Google satellite image
option from their mapping, however I found the OSM generated maps to be
superior in many ways and got interested in the project again. Since
then I have been uploading all my old GPS tracks from our
hiking/biking/4x4 & sledding trips in the Interior.
In the Lac Le Jeune area where we like to explore I have been frustrated
by the lack of detail of commercial and even the Ibycus topo maps. The
best thing about OSM is that I can change that and add roads and trails
in the area that interests me and others do the same. Now when I
download maps for my Garmin from osmmaps.com I see the roads and
trails whene we go exploring. It's a win all round.
Cheers
Steve
On 7/6/2012 4:27 AM, Richard Weait wrote:
Do you remember how you first heard of OSM, or first got mapping?
I think the first sign I saw of OSM was in a post on slashdot in June 2006.
Share your story. How'd you get started?
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