If we can get a real map going for the hikers i know they will love it. All my climbing friends really like to see where they are going or have been..
Also helps in the Planning, seeing how difficult a track may be.. Regards.. I use Cycle map, but it does not get close enough so you end up on a steep incline which is not detailed on the map.. On Thursday 17 February 2011 12:06:13 am Eugene Alvin Villar wrote: > Well, if you want to get your hands dirty, you can actually DIY! The > Garmin maps are compiled using mkgmap and you just need the raw OSM > data (Geofabrik provides Philippine data extracts), the contour data > (maybe Maning can share his data, but they were made using Groundtruth > from NASA's SRTM data), and mkgmap itself (plus some learning time). > > But, we could additionally adopt your suggestion and consider adding > another Garmin map download which has the consolidated contours for > selected mountaineering peaks, and make the hiking/trekking trails > more prominent. A mountaineer's map anyone? > > Hmmm, thinking about it, I actually like the idea! Instead of > targeting only the car owners with the OSM Garmin map, we could also > "expand the market" and target also the mountaineering clubs. A Garmin > map that still contains roads (so the mountaineers can drive to the > base camps and jump-off points) plus prominent hiking trails and > contours would be a perfect addition. And if this map becomes popular, > then we have another potential source of contributors who can map the > rural and mountainous areas. :-D > > On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 10:04 PM, rem zamora <pompy...@gmail.com> wrote: > > hey! just thinking aloud here. i know we have our osm map. and we also > > have the 10m elevation contour map of the country. what if... we can > > consolidate the two. in maning's page > > (http://esambale.wikispaces.com/osmphil_garmin) there is already an osm > > map with contour. i havent checked it yet but the note says it is only > > metro manila map and it might get too cluttered. maybe, we can, put osm > > map for the whole country, and then put contour maps for special > > places/mountains like apo, kanlaon, pulag, mayon, et.al. im not sure how > > this can be implemented but maybe, just maybe there is a way to put > > contour maps (just for certain areas where it can be useful) with street > > maps from osm. > > this will eliminate me having to put two maps in my gpsr and > > enabling/disabling the mamp whic is needed/not needed. > > just a suggestion guys :) > > > > -- > > Rem Zamora > > 0916-55-11-407 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > talk-ph mailing list > > talk-ph@openstreetmap.org > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph _______________________________________________ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph
