[time-nuts] Problems with Garmin - maybe we should cut them a little slack

Greg Troxel gdt at ir.bbn.com
Sat Jan 1 02:56:38 UTC 2011


Since we're already having an OT flamefest about garmin, I'd like to point
out openstreetmap (OSM):

  http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=36.38671875&lon=-93.251953125&zoom=4

which is a world-wide wiki-style editable map.  In some places, it's
more accurate than navteq and teleatlas, but it is generally (this week)
weak on addressing data in the US.  One can convert the OSM data to
garmin format and use it in nuvi/etrex/colorado/etc. via mkgmap:

  http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mkgmap

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