[OSM-talk] Adding vmap0 road data to OSM

[Karl Newman]

On Jan 6, 2008 11:31 AM, Igor Brejc <igor.brejc at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Well, my perspective was as a data consumer. I was looking for data
> > which could be converted to routable Garmin GPS maps... I've done a
> > little bit of mapping, mostly along my commute route, and I try to
> > remember to take my GPS along any time we're going someplace I haven't
> > collected traces for yet (my wife rolls her eyes), but so far I've
> > been putting more effort into programming and guiding tag proposals so
> > that they're compatible with the GPS map requirements.
> >
> > Karl
> >
> >
>
> Pretty much the same with me. I am especially interested in covering
> hiking trails because even commercial GPS maps for my area lack a lot of
> data. Unfortunately, with winter in our parts, not much can be done at
> the moment. As for roads, I covered as much as I could at the beginning,
> trying different routes to work, but I more or less exhausted the
> possible routes - it's not a big town :). So now I have time to
> concentrate on my other hobby - developing map rendering engines.
>
> Igor
>
Yes, that was the same with me--I was frustrated at the poor trail
coverage and especially lack of routable trails on most map products
(the only Garmin map that has it is the National Parks 24k topo, but
coverage is limited to US national parks only. OpenStreetMap gives me
the possibility to have a unified routable road + trail map on my GPS.

I'm in California, so we don't generally worry about snow so much
(except if you're in the mountains, especially this weekend). Floods,
on the other hand, are currently a more likely obstacle...

Karl