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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi there,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>sorry if this is the wrong place, but I would like to share my experiences using <a href="http://osm.stilpu.org/garmin-mapsource/OSM-RO-20110727.exe">http://osm.stilpu.org/garmin-mapsource/OSM-RO-20110727.exe</a> on my recent motorbike trip through Romania, totaling close to 3000km in two weeks. Equipment used: MapSource 6.16.3 for route creation on a HP 5103 Netbook, Garmin StreetPilot 2610 on the bike.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Map quality: mostly exceptional good quality even on small roads – big compliments!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Routing: works reasonably well both within MapSource and on the SP2610, although the GPS 'lock to road' feature is missing for most of the roads I travelled (easily detectable as there is always a circle-of-error shown on the GPS device around the current position)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- main complaint: terrain description (orchard, wood, swamp etc.) is almost always in the foreground on the GPS device, i.e. the route is not visible 90% of the time, irrespective of zoom level. In some locations (for example the area between Hungarian border and Arad on the DN7) even the roads and villages are hidden behind the terrain. This is very annoying. I would switch terrain completely off for usage in MapSource.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- minor complaint: the terrain indication is mostly wrong (for example, it shows 'orchard' when there is forest, swamp when there is vineyards and so on – but not systematically, i.e. forest is not always shown as 'orchard', it all seems very erratic. But most of the time it is just plain wrong). This would be another reason to switch terrain display off.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- minor complaint: the OSM map and the base map of the GPS device are shown concurrently. For some unknown reason the much better OSM map does not take priority over the built-in base map which can be confusing when navigating without a fixed, pre-calculated route (i.e. using the GPS device just as a map replacement).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>That being said, my trip would have been much more difficult without using your map, so again, big compliments to you! Keep up the good work!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks a lot, and best regards<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Stefan Hegnauer, Switzerland<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>