Lately, I have been struggling in creating a Mapsource installer. You can also use sendmap to transfer the gmapsupp.img to your unit. Just copy the map to the file Garmin/gmapsupp.img.
My Garmin eTrex Legend Cx micro-SD Card can be directly read as another filesystem on my Linux. You need to transfer the gmapsupp.img file to your GPS unit. description="Openstreetmap Philippines" \ country-name=PHILIPPINES -road-name-pois -route \ tdbfile -gmapsupp -latin1 -country-abbr=PHI \ Java -Xmx512m -jar mkgmap.jar -code-page=1252 \ The exact command I use is below (remove the “\” and type the syntax in one line): CloudMade provides free country-wide download of OSM’s weekly data dump.Īgain in the terminal, run the following command: For large areas, use the the HTTP API or osmxapiģ. This is OK if you want to get the data for small areas.Ģ. From the export tab, select “OpenStreetMap XML Data” option to get the OSM data. I previously wrote about using OSM for your website. Now you want to get the latest OSM data, you have several options.ġ. To get latest trunk nod svn snapshot, in the terminal type the following: However, current mkgmap development is in high gear and new features are added every week. The last command should give you the help text on usage and options. You can get a daily snapshot of mkgmap from the website. The text in this font is what you type in your terminal What you need are OSM data, java 1.5 0r 1.6, command terminal (command prompt in windows speak) and subversion (optional) This process was tested using Ubuntu Linux and Mac OS (it should be the same with to WinXP). The process is in 4 general steps: build mkgmap, get data, convert data, transfer to gps. The java environment makes it easy to prepare the map in any OS. It does the conversion in one step without depending on any other program. The following process outlines how I do it using mkgmap.įrom the wiki: “mkgmap converts OpenStreetMap data into a map that can be loaded onto a Garmin GPS device. There are several options you can do this. Some people asked me how to convert the OSM data to Garmin maps. (Go to the wiki for the daily map updates) – fixed problems with abbreviated POI names in Garmin Mobile XT. – more POIs and improved POI searching for roads and cities The latest update was based on 20090225 OSM data.
A new Openstreetmap Garmin Map of the Philippines is now available in my wiki.
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