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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hi All ,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> I am a newcomer to "talk" so please forgive
any procedural errors.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I live in Christchurch, New Zealand and my wife and
I take frequent holiday trips to the Polynesian Islands and Australia. I use
Garmin etex VISTA HCx and try to get OSM maps to wherever we plan to go.
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Much to my joy I discovered that at: <A
href=""><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">http://garmin.openstreetmap.nl</FONT></A><BR>I should be
able to get all the map segments I need for a grand and glorious South Pacific
Map.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The above statement is almost correct:
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>1. All maps East of the International date line are
OK in all respects</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>2. As soon as I cross the dateline to the West the
maps appear to be OK at large area resolution, but ALL detail (including the
map) disappear at distance resolution of about 50 Km and smaller.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>3. The above problem appears to be confined to a
vertical strip of western longitudes, starting at the date line and reaching as
far west as north-east New Zealand, the Fijian Islands, etc.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Although I can not be 100% positive about this, the
South Island of New Zealand is OK, as is the western portion of the North
Island, i.e., west of Lake Taupo. Further tests have shown that Tasmania and
eastern Australia are OK.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The problem stated above exists whether I have my
map assembled by the e OSM people or if I download individual *.img
Maps</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Can anybody through some light on this
problem?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Thanks.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Andreas von Biel</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>(Mortimer32)</FONT></DIV>
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