[OSM-newbies] Creating Garmin img

[Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)]

Tony Morris wrote:
>Sent: 08 September 2008 5:54 AM
>To: newbies at openstreetmap.org
>Subject: [OSM-newbies] Creating Garmin img
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>Hello everyone,
>I'm just getting started with my Garmin 60Cx receiver and I downloaded
>a section of your excellent project using JOSM. Specifically, the area
>between -26.9811 152.5766 and -27.5291 152.8411. Then I converted it
>to a .osm file using JOSM and then ran mkgmap (tried both versions 590
>and 695) to create a .img file.
>
>This works well and the major roads appear in my receiver's map
>display but there are some marked out trails in the green area. These
>trails do not show up in the receiver instead just green patches. I am
>wondering why and if there is anything I can do about that?
>

It will depend upon what these trails are tagged as. Not everything gets
rendered although if they are tagged as footways I would have expected them
to show up.

Cheers

Andy