My Hebrew could be better (which is an understatement) so I have no idea what that site is about. So here’s some general information.
The OpenStreetMap project has some data about Israel, which can be converted to Garmin maps. But it seems that the project could use some extra help in Israel.
RoadNav is a open source navigation application which the maintainer of the freemap.co.il site has adapted for his specific needs. The file format used by RoadNav is different from the native OSM format and Garmin formap. You won’t be able to exchange maps between them easily.
OpenLayers is a open source initiative to create a client side (browser) map tile viewer, much like Google Maps.
Yes, it is broken atm. We are working on a new version that also renders cycle network nodes but a lack of proper Perl knowledge and spare time caused the preprocess script to be broken for some time now. We have planned a ‘hacking party’ next Friday to hopefully fix this. So perhaps there’s a new version out next Saturday. Sorry for any inconvenience.
just a question about routable maps…
is that still a money issue for that particular s/w? cGPSMapper
Note has anyone been about to create a routable map with OSM data ?
I know the author of cGPSMapper has a website you can copy map data that can be compiled , could that be used in the short term?
I just upgraded to mapsource 6.14.1 (july 18) and now I get an error message stating something’s wrong with the map installation.
Does anybody know what garmin changed in the registry stuff?
My topoNL maps (a commercial mapsource product) does work with the new mapsource version.
(Maybe a tip: to downgrade back to 6.13.7 I had to execute the installer twice. Only once leaves me without the mapsource executable!?)
Regarding MapSource: I’ve read somewhere that you can keep multiple instances (versions) of MapSource on your system. It also seems that the latest MapSource release does improve rendering somewhat but that it is also much slower than previous versions, so you might not even want to upgrade anyway.
I can confirm the problem Paul has with MapSource 6.14.1. Might have something to do with the tdb file, having some problems with other projects where the tdb references more than one img file. The gmapsupp.img file version still seems to work, so I will use that as long as the issue is not solved.
I have tried one other download: the routable benelux map (Setup_OSM-Benelux-2008-07-22.exe), but this install gives an error (MapSource not found) with version 6.14. Since then I re-installed 6.13.7. Not only does the Dutch map work with that version, also the Benelux map installs okay.
Thanks for checking this out. It seems we need to recommend to keep using a pre-6.14 version for any OSM map for now until the source of the problem is found.
With new mapsource you should use registry path
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Garmin\Mapsource\Products\42
instead of
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Garmin\Mapsource\Products\OpenStreetMap-NL-NORMAL
Downloaded the Garmin maps to my Vista HCx yesterday and all I can say is “perfect”!
Used it today to test it enroute from home to work.
No strange errors or roads that are not there in real life (or reverse, roads that are there but not on the Garmin).
I have installed the NL maps but now mapsourse will not run, comes up with an error telling me i have to re-install the program with a bunch of numbers. i think its mapsourse 6.141, how do i get my mapsourse to run again? I don’t want to have to re-install mapsourse and all the other maps i had installed already!!! not too happy your program has done that. Help, Ken