[OSM-newbies] Getting from OSM to Garmin

[Hilton Long]

Message: 11
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 17:38:03 +1100
From: Ian Wills <swanilli at gmail.com>
Subject: [OSM-newbies] Getting from OSM to Garmin
To: newbies at openstreetmap.org
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>Here is my problem: I have edited a map (Lord Howe Island to be precise
>permalink:
>http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=->31.5467&lon=159.0684&zoom=13&layers=B00
0FTF)
>and I now want to get the map onto my Garmin Oregon 300 but, try as I
might,
>I can get it there but I can't see it.

>This is what I did:
>1.  Downloaded the map with JOSM.
>2.  Saved as a *.osm file.
>3  Converted this to an *.img file using mkgmap.
>4. Loaded the map onto MapSource using MapSetToolKit.exe.

>Having got to this point I can I can view it in MapSource and can upload it
>to my Oregon 300 and view it there provided it is the only map I have on
the
>unit in gmapsupp.img.

I think you need to include the --transparent argument in your mkgmap
command line.  I don't know about the Oregon, but it works on a 60CSX.

The following Windows XP batch file lists all the command line options
available to a particular version of mkgmap to a text file called
mkgmap_options.txt.  It should be on a single line until the pause. 

java.exe -Xmx512M -jar "c:\program files\mkgmap\mkgmap.jar" --help=options >
mkgmap_options.txt
pause