[OSM-talk] Finding a particular street on the GPS

[Karl Newman]

On Dec 19, 2007 12:43 AM, Lambertus <osm at na1400.info> wrote:
> demuire wrote:
> > I've been using OSM on my Garmin eTrex Legend more or less since I bought it,
> > it's great :)  Would love it more if it was auto routing, but I suppose I
> > can't get everything I want  Well, not right away anyway...
> >
> > Anyway, one thing that I'd really really like though, is to be able to find
> > a street. For example, say I know that I need to go to X street, but I have
> > no idea where it is. I'd like to be able to use perhaps the Find function on
> > the GPS to at least tell me where it is, so that I know at least roughly how
> > to get there...
> >
> > Is this possible? If not, can I make my maps better in any way to make it
> > possible? Will using the "is in" tag make it possible?
> >
> What you're describing here is adding all the streets to the POI list I
> guess. While that should be possible, I wonder if it would be workable
> with all those streets that are named the same in different cities.

If you're talking about maps for a Garmin GPS, I believe there's a
special index that is created just for streets. If you look at the
various modes and licensing options for cGPSMapper, the ability to
search by address or street intersection is one of the premium
features.

Karl