[OSM-talk] Create custom map from OSM data

[Richard Weait]

On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Tanveer Singh <tanveer1979 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I am aware that I can download .osm file for a certain region and then
> create gmapsupp.img for my garmin receiver.
> I was wondering if I can do the following
> 1. Download .osm file for a region
> 2. Open it in some GUI tool
> 3. Add a few tracks and waypoints
> 4. Re-save the OSM data, with the tracks now saved as roads or whatever as
> part of my .osm data
> 5. Create garmin map
> This will enable me to have custom tracks for region where there are no
> maps.
> Any help?

Dear Tanveer,

I would expect that you could do that.  The ideal method would be to
map that unmapped region in advance, share the data by contributing it
to OSM, then load the map on your device.

This way all users benefit from the improved map as you benefit from using OSM.