[OSM-talk] Adding vmap0 road data to OSM

[Igor Brejc]

Karl Newman wrote:
> 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
>
>   
Or maybe runaway tigers? :)

Igor