[Talk-us] Whole-US Garmin Map update - 2018-07-03

[Elliott Plack]

I stumbled on another data extract tool that allows extract to many other
formats and handles custom areas. Very cool: https://extract.bbbike.org/

On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 1:45 PM Elliott Plack <elliott.plack at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks for sending the alternatives and blog! The Edge is a small-ish
> screen bike computer. the 820 was until a few days ago in the newest
> generation so I was surprised at how sluggish it was with the OSM maps.
>
> Here's a link to the default cycle routing map it uses, clearly OSM Based.
> They don't update as frequently but must do some QA/QC on the data.
> https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/p/169655#overview
>
> There is a setting for map detail, but it didn't seem to hide much of what
> was bogging down the rendering, e.g. buildings, addresses, etc.
>
> On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 1:31 PM Martijn van Exel <m at rtijn.org> wrote:
>
>> There is a lightweight alternative at
>> http://www.gmaptool.eu/en/content/maps-garmin-fenix but that is really
>> more geared towards Fenix watches.. Still may be usable / nice for other
>> low-memory / small screen contexts. Actually I just blogged about putting
>> OSM maps on my 10 year old etrex..It can still be done :) -->
>> https://ma.rtijn.org/2018/07/02/right-to-upload-maps.html
>>
>> Interesting, I didn't know that the default Garmin map is now OSM based.
>> Is that also true for the car products? Edge is a bicycle device, right?
>> --
>>   Martijn van Exel
>>   m at rtijn.org
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 5, 2018, at 11:19, Elliott Plack wrote:
>>
>> Question about these extracts: I’ve tried loading some on these on my
>> Edge 820 but the maps are too detailed to render. This is most often a
>> problem in city areas where mapping detail is dense. I usually run off the
>> edge of the rendered map before it has a chance to reload. The Garmin
>> default map is also OSM-based, so is there any advantage to using these
>> extracts.
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 07:37 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/2018-07-03
>>
>> Map to visualize what each file contains:
>>
>>
>> http://daveh.dev.openstreetmap.org/garmin/Lambertus/2018-07-03/kml/kml.html
>> ----
>>
>> FAQ
>>
>> ----
>>
>> 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/2018-07-03
>>
>> 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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