[Talk-us] Whole-US Garmin Map update - 2016-05-13

[Dave Hansen]

Do you mean just a tarball of all the .torrent files?  

- Dave
(sorry if this is a top-posted reply... stupid phone) 

> On May 17, 2016, at 7:21 PM, Brian Heaton <geekdownrange at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> If you can include a compressed archive of just the torrent file for future releases, it will be marginally easier to pull them down for seeding.
> 
> THX/BDH
> 
>> On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 9:15 AM, Dave Hansen <dave at sr71.net> wrote:
>> These are based off of Lambertus's work here:
>> 
>>         http://garmin.openstreetmap.nl
>> 
>> If you have questions or comments about these maps, please feel
>> free to ask.  However, please do not send me private mail.  The
>> odds are, someone else will have the same questions, and by
>> asking on the talk-us@ list, others can benefit.
>> 
>> Downloads:
>> 
>>         http://daveh.dev.openstreetmap.org/garmin/Lambertus/2016-05-13
>> 
>> Map to visualize what each file contains:
>> 
>>         http://daveh.dev.openstreetmap.org/garmin/Lambertus/2016-05-13/kml/kml.html
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>> 
>> FAQ
>> 
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>> 
>> Why did you do this?
>> 
>>         I wrote scripts to joined them myself to lessen the impact
>>         of doing a large join on Lambertus's server.  I've also
>>         cut them in large longitude swaths that should fit conveniently
>>         on removable media.
>> 
>>         http://daveh.dev.openstreetmap.org/garmin/Lambertus/2016-05-13
>> 
>> Can or should I seed the torrents?
>> 
>>         Yes!!  If you use the .torrent files, please seed.  That web
>>         server is in the UK, and it helps to have some peers on this
>>         side of the Atlantic.
>> 
>> Why is my map missing small rectangular areas?
>> 
>>         There have been some missing tiles from Lambertus's map (the
>>         red rectangles),  I don't see any at the moment, so you may
>>         want to update if you had issues with the last set.
>> 
>> Why can I not copy the large files to my new SD card?
>> 
>>         If you buy a new card (especially SDHC), some are FAT16 from
>>         the factory.  I had to reformat it to let me create a >2GB
>>         file.
>> 
>> Does your map cover Mexico/Canada?
>> 
>>         Yes!!  I have, for the purposes of this map, annexed Ontario
>>         in to the USA.  Some areas of North America that are close
>>         to the US also just happen to get pulled in to these maps.
>>         This might not happen forever, and if you would like your
>>         non-US area to get included, let me know.
>> 
>> -- Dave
>> 
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