[mkgmap-dev] ANNOUNCE: Free Garmin MapSource installer available

Wed Sep 23 14:21:50 BST 2009

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
> I've written a free installation program for Garmin's MapSource. It's
> aimed at the people who are maintaining Garmin map exports of the
> OpenStreetMap database. A lot of these exports[1] don't have a
> MapSource installer, some suggest proprietary solutions and some have
> a unconfigurable BAT file included or ask end-users to manually edit
> their registry after installation.
>
> I'd like to improve upon that, so I've written this:
>
>     http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Garmin_Mapsource_installer
>   
Have you ever checked that site, including the "talk" page?

There are many things missing to make it really usable. Maybe you can 
have a look whether you can add them?

greatings

extremecarver
> Here's blog post about it on the OpenStreetMap site:
>
>     http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/%C3%86var%20Arnfj%C3%B6r%C3%B0%20Bjarmason/diary/7965
>
> Like it says in the blog I'm interested in getting feedback / testing
> from users & map distributors on how it fits their needs. So please
> download the installer for Iceland (or make your own!):
>
>     http://osm.nix.is/latest/default/OSM_IS_default.zip
>
> And tell me how installing it in MapSource goes. Whether you can
> install the map from there onto your Garmin device. And what could be
> improved about the whole process.
>
> 1. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Map_On_Garmin/Download
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