[Talk-in] Delhi: OSM for navigation

[निशांत / Nishant]

Hi all,

I had recently bought a Garmin eTrex Vista HCx. After doing a bit of
logging and mapping, I created an image for Delhi and Gurgaon and put
it into the device. I was able to successfully navigate to office from
my home and turn-by-turn instructions were accurate. It also prompted
me to enter the highway through the entry on service lane and did the
same for the exit.

There are some issues with the data quality. As areas/regions are not
properly marked out on OSM for Gurgaon, address of a POI in "DLF Phase
- 3" was being displayed as in "Udyog Vihar - V" and so on. At many
places it mentioned "National Capital Region" instead of city names.

IMHO, apart from mapping, covering more area and involving more
volunteers, we ought to focus on quality of the maps data too.
Although, I was able to successfully navigate, but I felt the need for
the maps to be better. Has anybody felt the same?

I am taking up the task to clean-up and sanitize maps for Gurgaon and NCR.

regards,
Nishant
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