![]() ![]() "My friend and I are planning a trip from Singapore to England. "Thank you! The web site, The travels, The insight, The inspiration, Everything, just thanks." Colin, UK "This site is the BIBLE for international bike travelers." Greg, Australia place it in your sat nav and select the map to use it.įor people who know a lot more about this than me (and there are a lot of you out there) please add more info to this thread for those trying to use OSM for the first time Second unzip the file directly into that Garmin directory. Firstly on the blank memory card create a directory (folder) and name it "Garmin". you will load the map onto the memory card, and then insert the memory card in to your sat nav. The next time you open Mapsource the openstreetmap will be selectable on the drop down map selection box at the top of the page.ħ) Prepare a SD or micro SD card for your map. After that the links are dead and you will need to begin again.Ħ) Install the software for mapsource by double clicking on it. Note, you only have 48 hours to download the files related to the map you have built. The link for the software file for mapsource or roadtrip are also clearly labelled in the email. Note where you are downloading it to so you can find it once it is downloaded. The map for your garmin sat nav will be the link containing the IMG format file, which will be zipped. If you use BaseCamp or dont need the map on your computer, then all you need to download is the map itself. There are only two likely to be on interest to you, one will be the map itself, and one will be if you use MapSource or RoadTrip software. this email will tell you that your map has been built according to the squares you selected, and will provide you with 5 links. A second email will arrive a few minutes later with tracking details of your request, where you are in the map building queue and a rough estimate of how long it will take before the computer moves onto your map request. (4) Immediately on entering your email you will be sent an email telling you your request has been received and you can expect further emails. Further details about your map request will be emailed to you. (3) When the tiles you need for your journey or for one section of your RTW trip have been selected, enter your email on the left of the page in the box marked "email address". Use the zoom buttons and arrows on the map to move around and make sure you have chosen all the small squares around more populated areas that you can see when zoomed out too far. I have in the past selected sufficient squares to do all of Africa, South and Central America and Northern Asia all on one map. ![]() There is a limit to how large you can build your maps in terms of how many grid squares you are allowed to select. (2) begin clicking on the tiles you want to build up a map. (1) click the small box near the top of the page that will "enable manual tile selection" To build a map I recommend you do the following: On that site you will find a map of the world broken up into grid squares. To get maps that are in a format for use on your Garmin sat nav and Garmin software, you first need to go to a site that can compile the maps for you - such as Free worldwide routable Garmin maps from OpenStreetMap To get an idea of the detail available on OSM, it worth looking at OpenStreetMap and zooming in on areas and cities of interest. The OSM map database is easy to convert into a format for both Garmin sat nav units and for Garmin basecamp / mapsource / road trip software on personal computers and laptops. For the financially challenged traveller, OSM maps can just as easily be used in lieu of Garmin maps in Europe and North America. The maps are created using data from portable SAT NAV devices, aerial photography, other free sources or simply from local knowledge.įor the adventure traveller, OSM not only provides the best quality digital nav maps for much of the non developed world, the maps are also free. Two major driving forces behind the establishment and growth of OSM have been restrictions on use or availability of map information across much of the world and the advent of inexpensive portable Satellite navigation device. OpenStreetMap (OSM) is a collaborative project to create a free editable map of the world. ![]()
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