[OSM-talk] OSM maps on Garmin GPS

[Sven Anders]

Am Montag, 13. November 2006 18:34 schrieb Nick Whitelegg:
> The author of cGPSmapper (an application to create background maps for
> certain Garmin GPS such as the eTrex Legend) has now made this
> functionality available as a library, meaning that it is in principle
> possible to develop a single application that will download data from OSM
> (or load from a .osm file) and create a background map for your GPS device
> in one step. At the moment this library is for Windows only.
>
> The way I can see such an app working is to display a preview of what the
> map would look like on the GPS and allow the user to select (by tag) what
> OSM objects to upload to the device, as well as being able to configure
> the GPS look and feel.  Any other comments/suggestions?

I would like to make a new free version of such a tool. I don't like to spend 
money to use this library. I would like to use it without any limitations.

But I do not have enough time to do it alone.

Format is documentated:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/garmin-img/


Sven