Worldwide routable Garmin maps: URL REMOVED

[Navajoa]

Hello,

I use the service for the first time 2 weeks ago. I do often update the map on OSM. Today I see, when I will download the map from Germany, I get the same version from 11-09-2018.
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My question is: how often the downloads get updated?**

Kind Regards,
Navajoa

[Beddhist (Peter Hendricks)]

There seems to be a problem with the server: yesterday I chose to download the new style map for Thailand, but I only got the default map.

Today, first it would not load the new style map on the web page, showing “Loading data, please wait”. After refreshing the screen a couple of times the online map loaded, then it took over 5 mins after choosing the country before it gave me the link - but it’s the same I already have.

Thanks,
Peter.

[Beddhist (Peter Hendricks)]

It gets even stranger: I reset my selection, then chose a subset of Thailand (manually). It then sat there for a few minutes “Checking map”, then gave me the link to the entire map for Thailand, new style. I think something needs to be reset.

[ambrosa]

Hi guys.

I’ve an old GARMIN ZUMO 220 used in the past with my motorcycle (now I’m using a newer Zumo 395).

Just for fun yesterday I tried to use it with OSM maps downloaded from garmin.openstreetmap.nl and they looks to be fine. I tried Italy and Iran

But I’ve a problem with address search.
I click on “Where Go”, I enter the City (ok, it works fine) and now I should enter the street address but it doesn’t work.

1. not all street address are coded (more or less about 70%) (Italy map).

2. Device find a street address only if I enter the initial string
   Example: I need to find “via gianbattista”
   If I enter “via gian” it finds all occurencies starting with “via gian*”
   If I enter “gianba” it finds nothing

3. If I enter nothing at all and I click on “DONE”, device show me all street addresses , and this is good !

4. with non latin contries (i.e. IRAN), address are showed as “??é?” (yes, Zumo 220 is not UNICODE…)

Some idea for (1) and (2) ??

Obvioulsy with original Garmin map , partial address search works very fine.

[GerdP]

The program mkgmap which is used to create the maps allows this. Maybe the maps are created without the option --split-name-index
and --road-name-config. Both would make this work.

[Beddhist (Peter Hendricks)]

If that is the case it has to go to Lambertus, who doesn’t read this forum any more. Try emailing him.

[Thequiff]

On http://garmin.openstreetmap.nl/ I have tried selecting tiles by all the methods, for example for Malta. The selected tiles go dark blue. However, nothing changes to the ‘Make a selection first’ message and there is no obvious alternative place on the webpage to tick or click to request or download files.
Help.

[ligfietser]

This site seems down for several weeks now. Please report all issues to Lambertus (osm at na1400 dot info) or try another map provider.

[Beddhist (Peter Hendricks)]

Actually, you need to be patient, it takes a long time (> 5 mins) for the map check, but selecting Malta I eventually got a box to enter my email. But, you have to carefully check the link you get for a direct d/l, as I have gotten links for the wrong type of map. See above.

Kind regards,
Peter.

[Beddhist (Peter Hendricks)]

I have emailed Lambertus, but so far he has not replied. The web site is now down with the message “Resource limit reached.”

[contaxrts]

Hi to everyone
I’m new on maps

I have updated from http://garmin.openstreetmap.nl/ maps of Italy on a Garmin Nuvi 1440 but I have a problem with the names of Sardinian places …
I saw that names are written with the syntax “name in Sardinian / name in Italian” that are considered together in the search …
the problem is that nobody knows the names in Sardinian if not those who live in the immediate vicinity and therefore the research is strongly penalized …
the thing can be solved by eliminating the name in Sardinian that nobody uses … or inverting in “name in Italian / name in Sardinian”
someone suggested me to ask that the map for Garmin be made using the value of “name: it” to give precedence to the Italian names …
I do not know if for my incapacity, I could not find how to set the variable “name” nor 'how to interact with them … do you know any solution? thank you

Piero

[GerdP]

Hi Piero,

you cannot select a name in the downloadable maps but you can compile your own maps with mkgmap. This allows to use name:it in preference to name with an option like --name-tag-list=name:it,int_name,name

http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/

Gerd

[Beddhist (Peter Hendricks)]

This is not the right forum to discuss this, but I had a look and for some reason places in Sardegna have been mapped

name=Casteddu/Cagliari

There are 2 languages used with name. Normally this is wrong, only 1 language should be used.

You need to discuss it in the Italy forum.

There is no way a worldwide map can make allowances for disregarded standards in a few corners of the world.

Regards,
Peter.

[SomeoneElse (Andy Townsend)]

@Beddhist

There is no way a worldwide map can make allowances for disregarded standards in a few corners of the world.

One of the strengths of OSM’s free tagging is that it can adapt to local situations that may be different from where the usage of those tags was first thought about.

There are plenty of examples of OSM communities which agree that “name == the one best name for the place”, but there are also examples where for political or just practical reasons the local community has decided to have multiple tags in the name field. Sardinia is one of those places (see extensive previous discussion on the talk-it mailing list). There were some edit wars there where some people (actually mostly one person) from the mainland tried to say that “the official language of places in Italy is Italian” but people in Sardinia were pretty clear that they wanted the Sardinian names front and centre.

As GerdP has already said, processing this data is pretty much a solved problem (both in mkgmap, and also in mod_tile / renderd - see https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/SomeoneElse/diary/42069 for a diary entry that I wrote about that)

[ZillaG]

I want to download all of USA General Routable maps ( I travel a lot) but when I select United States from the North America drop down list I still see “Make selection first” on the page? I thought this feature exists? All tutorials I see use the mouse-select method.

[ligfietser]

@ZillaG

I want to download all of USA General Routable maps ( I travel a lot) but when I select United States from the North America drop down list I still see “Make selection first” on the page? I thought this feature exists? All tutorials I see use the mouse-select method.

The USA has never been available as separate country because of its size. Here you can download bigger parts:
http://gis.19327.n8.nabble.com/Whole-US-Garmin-Map-update-2018-04-26-td5916263.html

[ZillaG]

@ligfietser

@ZillaG

I want to download all of USA General Routable maps ( I travel a lot) but when I select United States from the North America drop down list I still see “Make selection first” on the page? I thought this feature exists? All tutorials I see use the mouse-select method.

The USA has never been available as separate country because of its size. Here you can download bigger parts:
http://gis.19327.n8.nabble.com/Whole-US-Garmin-Map-update-2018-04-26-td5916263.html

Thank you!

[chall3ng3r]

@Navajoa

Hello,

I use the service for the first time 2 weeks ago. I do often update the map on OSM. Today I see, when I will download the map from Germany, I get the same version from 11-09-2018.
**
My question is: how often the downloads get updated?**

Kind Regards,
Navajoa

Same question from me too, how often maps are updated?

I did some updates to OSM near my area so it can make a correct route, changes are live, but when I generate new map, I get the same old version.

It’d be great if the service’s page also mentions when the map data will be updated (weekly / monthly), so I can schedule my visit rather than generating new map image after every couple of days.

Thanks, and this is really awesome and simple service kudos to the developer. Love it!

[muralito]

I don’t know how often are the updates, but now the page says “Map version: 10-11-2018”

[chall3ng3r]

@muralito

I don’t know how often are the updates, but now the page says “Map version: 10-11-2018”

Yes, same version I see. I need updated one after 15th Nov, thats where my changes are. I hope it gets updated soon.