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I've been using the Talky Toaster maps on my Garmin for years but the latest version seems to have some errors around my neck of the woods so I'm trying out [url= http://garmin.openstreetmap.nl/ ]garmin.openstreetmap.nl[/url] but wondered what other options there are out there. I might consider a Talky Toaster subscription and try their premium maps.
Ive used open street map and talky toaster with no issues over the years
Only issue Ive had is returning a perfectly good Garmin 800 for a cracked screen repair and getting an exchange unit that loses map detail and turns off when you press on the screen, unfortunately i didn't find this out till after the 3 months warranty had expired!
Certainly with openstreetmap you can join up and correct mistakes - I've been doing paths and bridleways around me. There were one or two paths that have been upgraded to bridleway and some of the bridleways had gaps in them so if you tried to create a bike route along them you'd get redirected.
Don't they all use the same OSM data anyway? It's just a question of how current it is. I like the presentation of the openfietsmap version but the UK hasn't been updated since last Spring.
I [i]think[/i] that there's a presentation file attached to the map, a bit like CSS files for web sites, that you can modify. There's something on the openfiets site about TYP files.
I don't know how often openfietsmap resyncs with the core OSM data. I'd imagine that there's bike specific info added that needs merging in. I downloaded the UK openfietsmap a couple of days ago and noticed that some of the ITT routes are marked on it - Highland Trail and Cairngorms Loop for example.
I think that if you're a dab hand with a Command Prompt window there are java utilities that let you compile your own maps from the OpenStreetMap data; I might have a play with that at some point.
[quote=PJay said]I think that if you're a dab hand with a Command Prompt window there are java utilities that let you compile your own maps from the OpenStreetMap date; I might have a play with that at some point.
Yeah, I do that. I've got a script which downloads all of the UK OSM data and then runs a couple of Java apps to 1) split the OSM data up into manageable chunks and 2) process the chunks to generate a single Garmin map file. I then put that on a micro SD and put it in the Garmin (800).
Takes under 10 mins to do the whole thing on a fairly old i5 processor based PC. The PC is good for nothing else while the Java apps are running mind you 🙂
I downloaded a utility called TYPViewer that lets you manipulate the appearance of the OSM data. I've not really played about with it much yet though.
Crikey, that mkgmap process looks well beyond my level with splitting the data, creating boundary files and stitching everything together; I'm very definitely a CMD novice!
Perhaps I'll just wait for Talk Toaster to update their UK map!
[quote=PJay said]Crikey, that mkgmap process looks well beyond my level with splitting the data, creating boundary files and stitching everything together; I'm very definitely a CMD novice!
Perhaps I'll just wait for Talk Toaster to update their UK map!
It's not too difficult, the CMD batch file just runs a sequence of programs. The harder part is getting all the parameter files sorted for those programs 🙂