Hi, thanks for the prompt reply !
The http://garmin.na1400.info/routable.php page contains only auto-routable maps, right ? My current need is to get : - routable maps for Quebec, Vermont, New Hampshire, and NY - hiking maps for Quebec, Vermont, New Hampshire, and NY But more generally, I think I would like to (and think it would benefit the OSM community if it were possible) be able to just go one one website, that presents me with all the maps I can download for a given (predefined) area, and quickly load it to my GPS device. So for example, if I decide to go cycling tomorrow, I'd like to quickly go to some website that tells me that for the region of Quebec, I can download : - cycling maps - hiking maps (are topographic maps and hiking maps the same ?) - routing maps I see my options, choose one or to depending on my needs, load it onto the GPS, and I'm done. Should not be more complicated than buying the official garmin maps.. So, if you already have all the rendering machinery in place, I would be happy to create the scripts to regularly go fetch the maps you render and publish them onto some kind of user-centric website. That would be awesome ! sami On Sat, 2010-05-15 at 17:09 -0700, Sam Vekemans wrote: > Hi, > In short, thats what im working on (as well as many others) > > OSM is still in its infancy, we have all of the pieces of the puzzle > available, but not yet to the point where you can do to the main > openstreetmap.org page, zoom into an area & click on the 'download > tab' (it doesn't exist yet) and you will get options for downloading > nice pre-done pdf maps / MapSource Installers . > > What is the exact area you are interested in? (zoom in & permalink) > > I can make a routable -osm installer for that area (just like the > http://garmin.na1400.info/routable.php > site.) > > I can also produce a set of transparent contour IMG files, were you > install those onto the device. > http://www.img2gps.co.cc/ is a simple windows program to load the IMG > files to the device. > > There are pre-made Garmin IMG files which are nice 1x1 degree tiles > http://touren.mospace.de/kachel.html (zoom into an area & select the > OSM icon on the bounding box & submit. > > Cheers, > Sam > > On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 4:51 PM, Sami Dalouche <sko...@free.fr> wrote: > Hi, > > I just bought a garmin GPS device and thought it would be fun > to load it > with OSM maps. (I am especially interested in maps that > provide me with > some value while hiking in New Hampshire, Vermont and NY) > > However, after searching a little bit, I came to the > conclusion that > populating a GPS device with the right OSM map is definitely > more suited > for a hacker than an end-user. > > What I see is hundreds of small projects or individual people > creating > incredibly useful work, but good luck finding what is actually > available > and what you are looking for. Every google search leads me to > forum or > wiki pages that describe (complex) procedures to generate my > own maps.. > > So, I am currently thinking of starting a complementary > project to OSM > that would be aimed at Garmin (maybe others later?) GPS > end-users. You > know, some kind of website that gives you a direct download > link to a > file that is of the right type (Cycling, > Hiking/Mountainbiking, Routing, > Topographic) for the right place (Country, province/state). > > In other words, my use case is : Search "free garmin hiking > maps new > hampshire" on google, and the first result should bring you a > simple-to-use download page that provides you with a file to > copy on > your SD card. > > So, my questions are : > 1/ Is there already an OSM subproject or OSM-linked project > that tries > to achieve the same goal, and that I might have missed ? > 2/ Is there anyone who thinks it is worth putting some effort > into > this ? > 3/ Is there anyone interested in helping me achieving this > simple goal ? > Any kind of help is welcome, including pointing me to the > right > information and spending an hour or so on skype with me to > kickstart me > into the OSM jungle. > > thanks, > Sami > > > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
