Worldwide routable Garmin maps: URL REMOVED

Philatsea · January 15, 2015, 2:35am

While the problem may be fixed it is taking forever to get a custom map downloaded.

I selected the tiles and entered my email address and was told I was number 7 in the que and the wait was 45 minutes, that was 6 hours ago and now I just checked and I am now up to #2 in the que and no time available.

Lambertus · January 15, 2015, 8:23am

Is the server involved by any chance osm2.pleiades.uni-wuppertal.de?

edit:
I just read an email informing me that the RAID-array of one of the other servers was degraded (sfs4). Maybe that contributed to the long wait.

Philatsea · January 15, 2015, 10:43pm

Yes it was

http://osm2.pleiades.uni-wuppertal.de

Lambertus · January 16, 2015, 8:22am

Ok. There is a problem with this server (memory leak somewhere) which requires a reboot now and then to prevent heavy swapping. The last reboot was a bit too long ago causing a slowdown in map production.

gkoper · January 17, 2015, 1:52am

Maybe related …

On 11 January I received the message that my map was being built with current status
<http://osm2.pleiades.uni-wuppertal.de/garmin/status.php?id=ab74ea87dc8134cf165d83b1634958c6>
and now it tells me I should have received an email where I did not.

Should I try again?

Thanks for the help in advance,

Ger

harenber · January 17, 2015, 3:57pm

There are tons of reasons why the mail hasn’t arrived (spam filters, typo in the address, …)

Queues are empty, so just give it another try.

Cheers!

hartmut2801 · February 11, 2015, 3:48am

moin,
i´ve found probs by the downlods for garmin:
oseam_ng_atlantic_equatorial_ms.zip fehlt, is linket with oseam_ng_carribean_ms.zip das ist zwar korrekt aber irreführend, weil beim download die meldung kommt: datei bereits vorhanden. schmeisst die zeile “atlantik äquatorial west” besser raus.
oseam_ng_atlantic_equatorial_ms.zip missing is velinkt with oseam_ng_carribean_ms.zip which is indeed correct but misleading, because the download the message comes: file already exists. throws out the line “atlantic equatorial west” better.

atlantik us nord = us west coast + …ms, bezeichnug ist falsch, us-atlantik ist ostküste
atlantik us nord = us west coast + …ms, description of product is incorrect, us-atlantic is east coast

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Lambertus · February 11, 2015, 7:23am

Hartmut, I’m sorry, but are you sure you’ve got those maps from http://garmin.openstreetmap.nl ?

hartmut2801 · February 11, 2015, 12:10pm

moin,
ups, i´ve forgotten the link.
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/DE:OpenSeaMap_and_Garmin_nautical_chart_plotter

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JaVaWa · February 11, 2015, 12:51pm

It’s the OpenSeaMap which has a separate forum completely dedicated to it: http://forum.openseamap.org/
Better ask there…

rowin63 · February 12, 2015, 10:30am

Lambertus:

I’m getting some questions about installing more then one custom map alongside each other on Windows (BaseCamp). I’m not too familiar with this process, so I’d like feedback on the workflow so I can update the wiki FAQ.

This is what I’ve done:

request a custom map using the website (OSM generic routable) and download the Windows installer.

install the custom map

run JaVaWa’s GMTK
3.1) select the map named ‘OSM generic routable’ and goto menu ‘Extra’ → ‘Change map name and ID’

GMTK will show a form and the following values are changed:
4.1) Family ID: enter a unique number, e.g.: 2001
4.2) Name on computer: enter a good description of the map, e.g.: ‘OSM Central America’
4.3) Name on device: enter a good description, e.g.: ‘OSM Central America’
4.4) Folder name: enter a good (unique) folder name, e.g.: ‘OSM Central America’
4.5) Click on the ‘modify’ button

For every new custom map the same sequence of events is performed, each time using a new unique ID and name.

This process seems straightforward enough to me. However, when I install the second custom map, the map installer will warn that there is already a map installed. This warning can safely be ignored but it is confusing to a lot of users. What can be done to prevent this warning?

Hi Lambertus!

Your question

should be “what *has *to be done” - because with your procedure I always end up in deleting the first custom map when installing a second custom map. Until now I never was able to install more than one custom map.
Changing the mentioned settings with GMTK is not enough. Also the windows registry keys in the uninstall section have to be modified. I renamed the folder as well as the display name key from “OSM generic routable” to the same name I used in GMTK. Then every custom installation is shown correctly in the windows uninstall information. And only now it is possible to install more than one custom map. And also this warning “that there is already a map installed” does not appear anymore.

Greetings,
Robert

opasto · February 12, 2015, 8:32pm

I dont understand, why you dont use a much simpler procedure of using maps: It needs only a free USB Slot, in which a USB Stick is installed whith a subfolder Garmin. In this subfolder I copy the maps *.img . In the moment I have 14 different maps (some of the same area but with or without contourlines) with together 13 GB of Data: All this maps are shown in the maps list of basecamp without unreasonabel delay . (Only if a map is shown the first time it needs may be a minute to read it.) Another benefit: if I want to use my Laptop, I pull out the USB Stick from my desktop, introduce it into the laptop and have immediately the same maps on my Laptop.
So my Question: What is the benefit of your procedure to install the maps directly on the computer with the need to modify the registry?

rowin63 · February 13, 2015, 8:27am

Hi!

I followed this description because it was given.
But it has that limitation. And I figured out a workaround - which is simple, once you know it.
Your idea is a good thing too, but I prefere installed maps and no handling with a stick, being around with a notebook.

Robert

ligfietser · February 13, 2015, 8:52am

If you don’t want the windows installer, you can use the _macosx.zip = Installer for Garmin BaseCamp/RoadTrip (Mac OSX)
Unzip it and place the .gmap folder to the default Garmin map folder. The location of this folder depends on the Windows version.
In Vista or W7 this is: C:\ProgramData\GARMIN\Maps or C:\Users{user}\AppData\Roaming\GARMIN\Maps (please note this is a hidden folder!)
Windows XP: c:\documents and settings\all users\application data\garmin\maps

Or you can use http://www.javawa.nl/gmtk_en.html to install the gmap maps (still needed in case of more custom maps with the same Family ID)

Justin_Leitgeb · February 18, 2015, 8:18am

Hi folks,

First, thanks for providing this useful tool.

I recently posted a problem that I came across to the OpenStreetMap help forum. Basically it seems like one-way streets tagged with “-1” are rendered in the incorrect direction. I don’t think this affects routing. More details are in my post on the help forum:

https://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/41095/one-way-streets-tagged-with-oneway-1-rendered-incorrectly-on-garmin

I think this may be what user Skippern posted previously on this thread:

http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?pid=469308#p469308

Any thoughts on what may be causing this problem? I’m happy to dive in further, just wanted to check here first to see if anyone could provide me with a pointer about where this may be occurring.

Thanks!

Justin_Leitgeb · February 18, 2015, 8:31am

It looks like this issue (wrong direction indicated on oneway=-1 roads) was discussed recently on the mkgmap-dev list:

http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/pipermail/mkgmap-dev/2014q1/019679.html

A bit later in that thread WanMil proposes a solution (http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/pipermail/mkgmap-dev/2014q1/019681.html):

Would this fix the issue that I’m seeing on http://garmin.openstreetmap.nl?

Thanks very much!

hbartolin · February 18, 2015, 1:56pm

Hi,

my english in not my first language. If you open http://garmin.openstreetmap.nl/ there is just one entry “Choose a predefined country”. You can select one under Africa and one under Europe, only last will show. Bug, or not? Would be nice if I can select multiples countries?

Beddhist · February 18, 2015, 8:10pm

Works for me. If you still have this problem:

Try clearing your browser cache, reload page, clear cookies, a different browser.

nevw · February 19, 2015, 6:32am

I too am unable to select multiple predefined countries from the drop down boxes.
The only way I can add to the initially preselected predefined country is by enabling manual tile selection and select further tiles individually or by dragging over several tiles.
I expected this to be the normal behaviour.
I am using an imac 10.10.2 and have tried firefox, chrome & safari.

Beddhist · February 19, 2015, 7:11am

What do you see? Are there countries in the list? If so, what happens when you click on one?

This is normal, after you have selected a country.