Wow, quite amazing. However he's also available on google and yahoo.

Hallo crom,

wenn ich mich recht erinnere, kannst Du in JOSM mit der rechten Maustaste auf den GPX-Track klicken (Fenster oben rechts) und Dir dort die Eigenschaften des Tracks anzeigen lassen. Ich meine, da wäre auch die Tracklänge mit dabei.

Beste Grüße

Puetti

Hi jonnymaseratis,

have you ever tried Computerteddy's maps?
You can download them at osm.wiki/User:Computerteddy
He provides a worldfile which should also include Syria. It can be installed to Mapsource or directly transfered to your device. This should solve your mkgmap issue.
Another good source for precompiled maps is http://downloads.cloudmade.com/
They also have files for Syria. (Both as .osm - and as .img)

Best regards

Puetti