Yesterday I bought a Garmin GPS, today I did my first tests.
I'm going to use openstreetmap to ride by bike through spain. The downloaded maps look promising.
OpenStreetMap
Yesterday I bought a Garmin GPS, today I did my first tests.
I'm going to use openstreetmap to ride by bike through spain. The downloaded maps look promising.
Discussion
Comment from Sanderd17 on 1 July 2011 at 15:00
Some parts where you have to pass are not well developed (mainly North France). You can see an example of what I mean here:
osm.org/?lat=50.1504&lon=3.0046&zoom=13&layers=M
All grey parts are villages and the purple lines are boundaries of those villages. But neither the name, nor any streets are present.
So you will have to search your own route through there.
Comment from bikepeter on 1 July 2011 at 17:53
I'm aware of that, spain is quite well covered but I'll bring paper maps and I'll upload a route on the gps.
Thanks for the warning.
Comment from Anna_AG on 2 July 2011 at 13:34
Might be useful comparing and contrasting the data from different sources - I have used the Cloudmade Garmin IMGs ( http://downloads.cloudmade.com/ )
and recently started using the custom maps found here ( http://garmin.openstreetmap.nl/ ) which are a little smaller and seem to have sightly friendlier rendering ( for my Garmin Legend HCX ).
I recently spen several weeks cycling in Spain - the OSM maps were great - but I still carried paper, as sometimes there is just too much detail in the electronic version, Zooming in and out all day - I also carried a compass - life saver, sometime you just want to head SOUTH! I always kept the HCX on, logging at 1 second intervals through the whole trip and later uploaded to OSM, some of the most accurate tracks I have generated I think - AA rechargeable batteries on the HCX lasted about 20 hours, recharging them in local cafes and bars ( I carried two sets ).
Good luck - enjoy spain