[Talk-it-piemonte] GPS map of Piemonte from CTRN and OSM data

[Kay F. Jahnke]

Hi group!

I have published the development package for the CTRN-OSM-GPS map. This 
package contains all scripts and styles I wrote, plus some helpful bits 
like QGIS style files for the CTRN, and map icons. The package can be 
looked at and downloaded from this mercurial repository at bitbucket:

https://bitbucket.org/kfj/ctrn-osm-gps-dev

My method of converting ESRI shapefiles with ogr2osm into an 
intermediate representation in OSM format and then directly into a 
garmin map with mkgmap may interest other map-makers out there - so even 
if you're not from the Piedmont you may find the package interesting.

It has taken me quite a while to figure out this technique, and it can 
be used for any ESRI shapefile (plus other OGR-compatible data sources), 
uses free tools only and is entirely script-driven. The use of free 
tools was especially important to me - this sector has a lot of software 
which isn't free, or has strings attached, or the free version is 
crippleware... I'm sure you know what I'm talking about. And to automate 
the whole conversion process, GUI-driven tools aren't the best choice, 
so doing everything with scripts is a nice solution :)

Kay