[OSM-talk] OSM Maps on TomTom

[John McKerrell]

On 5 Apr 2010, at 23:21, John Smith wrote:

> On 6 April 2010 05:25, Richard Weait <richard at weait.com> wrote:
>> I get a question at about one in three of the events I attend
>> regarding TomTom or other oddball GPS devices.  My fall back is to
>> just recommend what I'm using, even with the drawbacks of a
>> reverse-engineered format.
> 
> That doesn't help people that have a sat nav device before finding out
> about OSM, wouldn't it be in OSM's interest to try and find ways to
> get their maps on as many devices as possible?
> 
As far as I'm aware it's not possible to put OSM maps onto a Tom Tom, not as a data layer in Tom Tom's format anyway. To do so would require cracking their data format and whatever encryption they're using for it which I don't believe has been done already.

John