OSM canada - maps look different with garmin base camp and web OSM

General talk
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hi,

im a beginner with OSM. we’ll travel to canada for vacation and plan some hikes. therefore i need OSM canada on my garmin device. i downloaded from https://www.openmapchest.org/ a version, but it looks completely different (lots of transverse stripes in garmin view) from the OSM map i find here (http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/75115772#map=14/50.1182/-122.9229)

OSM with garmin base camp

http://s1047.photobucket.com/user/aida_lover/media/garmin_osm_zpsohluwpga.jpg.html

OSM with web interface

http://s1047.photobucket.com/user/aida_lover/media/web_osm_zpsetslgyno.jpg.html

do i do a mistake in download the wrong file or does OSM for garin looks in this way?

thanks
bjoern

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There is no reason why they would look the same, except in as much as roads, building outlines, and boundaries should be in the same position.

3

with the transverse stripes it is difficult to use with the garmin device. i already saw OSM on garmins without the stripes. So the question is: how to??

4

As far as I know, Garmin maps are vector maps, so the rendering is done in the device.

However, I think there isn’t a one to one relation between OSM feature types and Garmin types, so it may be possible to create a map that represents OSM features with Garmin features that Garmin renders more to your liking.

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Hi, you mentioned transverse stripes, a problem with diagonal lines was answered here :- https://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?id=58807

Does it help?