[talk-au] Specialised Garmin OSM Maps for country mapping

[Liz]

On Wed, 27 Feb 2008, Matt White wrote:
> Don't know if anybody is interested, but I have created a custom set of
> Garmin IMG files for use when mapping missing roads out in rural areas.
> They have the zoom levels altered so all road types are visible at the
> 2km zoom level. The reason for these maps exist is because last weekend
> I felt very smug with myself mapping some of the unmapped parts of the
> Brisbane ranges (based on what I could see wasn't mapped on my GPS),
> only to discover when I got home that it had already been done. It
> turned out that my GPS did show those roads already mapped, but they
> weren't visible until you zoomed in to 120m, and I had the GPS zoom set
> to about 1.2km (which is far more useful a level when you are driving in
> sparsely populated areas).
>
> They can be downloaded if you are interested from
> http://www.osmaustralia.org/garmin2kzoom.php
>
> I've only tested them on a 60CSx - would be interested to see how they
> fly on the other Garmins.
>
> Cheers
>
> Matt
>

I tend to make a new map about one or two days before going "anywhere" and use 
that in the gps to help find "new" streets and roads
i'm interested in a map with less zoom levels too
how did you manufacture yours?