<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Mark<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">You can use openstreetmap maps in the Garmin format on most Garmin gps receivers.<div class="">I use osm maps on both my Nuvi in the car and have a eTrex 30 attached to my cycle</div><div class=""><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/hvi05afy7gy0wdw/etrex.jpg?dl=0" class="">https://www.dropbox.com/s/hvi05afy7gy0wdw/etrex.jpg?dl=0</a> </div><div class="">I bought the eTrex because I also use for bushwalking, but if buying a new one might now, I may opt for the slightly bigger Oregon 600.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">There is infomation on ready made maps here <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Map_On_Garmin/Download" class="">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Map_On_Garmin/Download</a></div><div class="">All you need to do is get a ready made map in .img format and copy it to a directory called Garmin either on the internal memory of the gpsr or into a Garmin directory on a micro sd card to put into the gpsr and then enable only that map.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">You can instead install the maps onto a pc with a different format if you wish and subsequently send the map to your gpsr. </div><div class="">You can download and use “Garmin Basecamp” to view the maps on your pc or gpsr but be warned it is not a program that suits everyone.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">You only need to use mkgmap if you want to produce your own special variety of garmin suitable map.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">From the above link, I often use the ready made maps by Lambertus or BBBike but there are plenty of other choices too and all should work quite well. Both of these sites have a well documented help section.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">There is a sub heading on Garmin maps on the Openstreetmap forum for “Questions and development of Garmin maps based on OpenStreetMap data”. </div><div class=""><a href="http://forum.openstreetmap.org/index.php" class="">http://forum.openstreetmap.org/index.php</a> </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">DC Rainmaker has a web site which I found very useful to initially get the gist of how it is all done.</div><div class=""><a href="http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/05/download-garmin-705800810.html" class="">http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/05/download-garmin-705800810.html</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">A good site for any technical problems with you gps receiver is <a href="http://forums.gpsreview.net/discussions" class="">http://forums.gpsreview.net/discussions</a> where expert users are able to assist.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Personally, when planning to follow a specific route somewhere, I create a gpx track and follow that.</div><div class="">A good site to make a gpx track is <a href="http://www.gpsies.com/createTrack.do" class="">http://www.gpsies.com/createTrack.do</a> (sign up for free to use)</div><div class="">An excellent site to upload to and visualise any gpx tracks is this one where you can see the gpx track you created or downloaded from somewhere else, on the openstreetmap or a choice of many other maps. </div><div class=""><a href="http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/map_input?bg_map=google_openstreetmap&form=google&width=1500" class="">http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/map_input?bg_map=google_openstreetmap&form=google&width=1500</a> </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">That should keep you out of mischief for a while.</div><div class="">Nev</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 18 Feb 2016, at 11:51 AM, Mark Bradley <<a href="mailto:ethnicfoodisgreat@gmail.com" class="">ethnicfoodisgreat@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">Message: 1<br class="">Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2016 11:26:55 +0530<br class="">From: Regunathan Umapathy <<a href="mailto:umapathyxp@gmail.com" class="">umapathyxp@gmail.com</a>><br class="">To: Development list for mkgmap <<a href="mailto:mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk" class="">mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk</a>><br class="">Subject: Re: [mkgmap-dev] Satnav for non-proprietary maps?<br class="">Message-ID:<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><CANcpy80R_rvjyjy4YoDJ4NjcWRk+gy-<br class=""><a href="mailto:744iMa2fNLVMNBEVMTQ@mail.gmail.com" class="">744iMa2fNLVMNBEVMTQ@mail.gmail.com</a>><br class="">Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br class=""><br class="">I do not own any android devices yet. I fond some of my colleagues are<br class=""></blockquote>using <a href="http://maps.me" class="">maps.me</a><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">application in Apple and andriod phones that make use of the<br class=""></blockquote>openstreetmap.<br class=""><br class="">[...]<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">For me, Ubuntu Phone is interesting, but not enough to warrant a<br class=""></blockquote></blockquote>purchase.<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">I hope that there will some day be devices that are based on a<br class="">system-on-chip that is supported by the mainline Linux kernel. With<br class="">both Android and Ubuntu, my understanding is that upgrading the kernel<br class="">is practically impossible, because some drivers are tied to a specific<br class="">kernel version.<br class=""><br class=""> Marko<br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">mkgmap-dev mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk" class="">mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk</a><br class="">http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/mkgmap-dev<br class=""><br class=""></blockquote><br class=""><br class="">Regards<br class="">Regunathan Umapathy (Uma)<br class="">Visit: <a href="http://www.panoramio.com/user/69195" class="">http://www.panoramio.com/user/69195</a><br class=""></blockquote><br class=""><br class="">When I posed my question to the list, I was thinking of a dedicated<br class="">GPS/satnav device, not an app on a smartphone or some other Android device.<br class="">I am a cycling enthusiast, and I don't want to use my smartphone while<br class="">riding, so I prefer a dedicated GPS device. I suppose such a thing that<br class="">supports open mapping format does not exist (yet).<br class=""><br class="">Mark Bradley<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">mkgmap-dev mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk" class="">mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk</a><br class="">http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/mkgmap-dev<br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></body></html>