<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525373088676_46182"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525373088676_46926"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525373088676_47932"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525373088676_46926">This does seem a bit daunting. I wonder if someone might already have a file that I could load onto a NUVI 350 just to tinker with? </span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525373088676_46268"> </div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525373088676_46190"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469396649289_24341" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="black"><pre id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469396649289_24339" style="font-size:9pt;"><br></pre></font></div><br><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525373088676_46296" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525373088676_46295"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525373088676_46294"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525373088676_46298"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525373088676_46297" size="2" face="Arial"> <hr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525373088676_47898" size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Greg Troxel <gdt@lexort.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Charles Doughtie <n5exy@yahoo.com> <br><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525373088676_46303"><span style="font-weight: bold;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525373088676_46302">Cc:</span></b> aprssig@tapr.org<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, May 3, 2018 11:08 AM<br> <b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525373088676_46301"><span style="font-weight: bold;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525373088676_46300">Subject:</span></b> Re: [aprssig] A short little APRS story - and sob story<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525373088676_46293"><br><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525373088676_46292"><div class="yqt6298962094" id="yqtfd23867">> I had a similar experience a while back. Meanwhile, experiencing a bit<br clear="none">> of a dillemma. I am using Kenwood D700 with NUVI 350 in three<br clear="none">> vehicles. The NUVIs maps are no longer easily updatable and I don't<br clear="none">> think the AvMap units are available any more. Does anyone know a cheap<br clear="none">> relacement for the NUVI? Remember, I said three. New D710s, etc., for<br clear="none">> all vehicles will kinda blow the budget.</div><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Almost all garmin units can be loaded with OpenstreetMap (OSM) data.<br clear="none">There is a program "mkgmap" to transform OSM data to garmin format, and<br clear="none">it works quite well. Sometimes OSM data is not as good as other maps,<br clear="none">but sometimes it is better, particularly better in terms of<br clear="none">trail/hiking/park coverage and worse in terms of showing businesses.<br clear="none">You can also edit OSM to add things that are missing -- it's like<br clear="none">wikipedia, but a map. aprs.fi can show OSM, or you can look on the osm<br clear="none">website.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">OSM is different from all other maps in that the data is available at no<br clear="none">cost and, critically, the license permits all sorts of uses, including<br clear="none">keeping offline copies for use without the internet (because there is no<br clear="none">cell service, or because you don't want to tell an advertising company<br clear="none">where you are all the time).<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I use osm/mkgmap maps on several nuvis, one from 2010, and it can do<br clear="none">routing with the up-to-date OSM data.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">While you can get the OSM data and build mkgmap (java) from source and<br clear="none">make your own maps (which is what I do), there are also downloadable<br clear="none">pre-made maps.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">A bunch of links to explore:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"> <a shape="rect" href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/" target="_blank">https://www.openstreetmap.org/</a><br clear="none"> <a shape="rect" href="http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">See the downloadable map section:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"> <a shape="rect" href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mkgmap" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mkgmap</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">and in particular<br clear="none"><br clear="none"> <a shape="rect" href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Map_On_Garmin/Download" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Map_On_Garmin/Download</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">but Lambertus is longstanding and the one I'm most familiar with:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"> <a shape="rect" href="http://garmin.openstreetmap.nl/" target="_blank">http://garmin.openstreetmap.nl/</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">From that site there you should be able to create a custom file with the<br clear="none">regions you care about. Here is some info about how they are<br clear="none">generated:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"> <a shape="rect" href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Garmin.OpenStreetMap.nl#About" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Garmin.OpenStreetMap.nl#About</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">If this seems too daunting, and you want to try this anyway, email me<br clear="none">offline and I can very likely make you a gmapsupp.img file that you can<br clear="none">just put on your device.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">73 de n1dam<div class="yqt6298962094" id="yqtfd37069"><br clear="none"></div></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>