OPENSTREETMAP for GPSVP

[Guest Digame]

From what I understand, OSM (openstreetmap) offers portions of maps to be exported to a device. I went and saved a portion of a map but had no luck getting it to open up on GPSVP.

WHEN EXPORTING:

What should you choose as the "format to export"

OpenStreetMap XML Data

Mapnik Image (is chosen by default and that is what I used)

Osmarender Image

Embeddable HTML

Then it asks for "options":

Format: PNG (default and what I used), JPEG, SVG, PDF, Postscript

I saw a discussion somewhere that said this should be PNG.

Then on GPSVP:

MAPS

Raster maps

Rastermap types

I selected "OpenStreetMaps.org map"

Then

Maps

Raster maps

Set rastercache folder

and then I chose the -SRC folder (which is where I saved the sample map from OSM)

Does this all sound right?

Did I skip something?

Does anyone know of a place where there is a tutorial or a discussion which covers this?

Any help would be appreciated.

[Guest tobbbie]

Why so complicated? If you allow gpsVP to download the maps from the internet, it will just do it for you and show them. No need to export/import anything outside gpsVP. You can also share/copy folder content between device and the desktop version. The map types are put in separate folders below the one you define anyway. Check it out with the other map types, I think that Google is not working right due to the way the gpsVP requests are routed via a central server.

It is really the best GPS mapping program out there and it is free :-)

[Guest Digame]

Why so complicated? If you allow gpsVP to download the maps from the internet, it will just do it for you and show them. No need to export/import anything outside gpsVP. You can also share/copy folder content between device and the desktop version. The map types are put in separate folders below the one you define anyway. Check it out with the other map types, I think that Google is not working right due to the way the gpsVP requests are routed via a central server.

It is really the best GPS mapping program out there and it is free :-)

OK I Sync-ed my PC with the unit. That is why my data connection was not working. Now I see the map on my unit when it is connected. I have no data connection from my provider.

Lets say I want to download a part of a map to my storage card from another part of the country. How would I go about doing that?

Google maps worked great for me but the data connection defeated the point of having a built-in GPS device. $25/mo.(through AT&T) for data I feel was too much.

Edited May 18, 2009 by Digame