[OSM-talk] Graphical generation of Garmin maps from OSM data

[Nick Whitelegg]

On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 03:05:21PM +0000, Nick Whitelegg wrote:
>> Cons: user would still need to download sendmap to actually send the 
.img
>> to the device.

>I just played around with my 60CSx a bit. The map, that I uploaded with
>sendmap shows up as /Garmin/gmapsupp.img on the device if I mount it as
>USB storage. If I upload two maps at the same time there is still only
>one .img file, but I can enable and disable the maps separately.

On second thoughts I'm not sure whether pre-rendered maps are actually the 
way to go. I'd imagine only a subset of OSM users would have devices 
capable of displaying Garmin maps, so trying to a) either generate the 
maps on the server or b) store the maps on the server might not be the 
best idea.

It might be better instead to run cgpsmapper client side using a custom 
application - for one thing it would also reduce the possibility of 
licencing issues with installing cgpsmapper on a server. Basically, if 
someone generated a map client side for commercial use using the 
non-commercial cgpsmapper it would be their responsibility.

Nick