The GPSmap 60CSx is a very good GPS, 4 to 7 meters accuracy is also very good, there is no need to get an external antenna imho. But if you do, please inform us of the gains in accuracy.
Iāve been using a 60CSX with and without an antenna. With an antenna and good observing conditions the EPE number improves (from 15 feet to 7 feet for example) and the signal strength bars are all at full height, but there doesnāt appear to be a significant improvement in tracklog accuracy. I generally donā t use WAAS, because, the few times I did, I didnāt see any improvement in accuracy.
Two side by side comparisons between an Oregon 300 and the 60CSX in good observing conditions didnāt show any significant difference in accuracy. Iām looking forward to testing both under difficult observing conditions (canyons), but that wonāt be for a few months. The 60CSX must be really susceptible to multipath error if signals are limited, because my canyon tracklogs without an antenna can be spot on when I have a good view of the sky, and off by a mile when I donāt.
Hi Lambertus,
thank you for your maps, they are really great!
Today i tried to download a new version of the maps. But the installer for roadtrip, mapsourse and the map for Garmin devices were missing. A second and a third request didnāt solve the problem.
Bye
Jochen
Yes, there are a number of tiles that trigger a bug in Mkgmap which leads to the missing roadtrip, mapsource and gmapsupp files. Trying again wonāt help because the requests are cached 
Iām working on applying a possible solution.
Hi Lambertus,
After selecting a few tiles I pushed [build maps] and received an email. Opening the email, I didnāt see the mapsource installer link. A scanned this topic and couldnāt find an answer.
Is the mapsource installer version still available?
Greetings from Johan, Twello nearby
Hallo Johan,
Look two posts up and my reaction directly above yours
This problem should be solved now. A new update is uploading which should include the translit results for Eastern Europe.
Very good job indeed!
Hi Lambertus,
would you please post here, when its possible to download gmapsupp.img and not only the tilesā¦
Spielmops
That problem should have been solved yesterday evening. So if you have requested the map after that (e.g. today) then you should have the gmapsupp.img and the MapSource.exe and the Gmapi available for download.
If your browser says it cannot find the directory on the server then I deleted it because of the problems and you will have to request the map againā¦ Sorry about thatā¦
Otherwise, can you post the link from the email you received?
I guess this is a mkgmap problem, but I am not sure if it is known, or even where to post it. Perhaps you can pass this on if necessary.
We had a big lake here that used to be all one way. It rendered fine on OSM and the maps you create, but it was over 2000 nodes. Thus, it was recently corrected (?) by a bot and broken up into several ways and set as a relation of ways to make the lake. It renders on OSM OK, but now it doesnāt show up on the maps for the GPS. I guess mkgmap doesnāt know how to handle the relation yet.
On OSM
<http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=36.4705967903137&layers=0B00FTF&lon=127.48929977417&zoom=14>
On Mapsource
<http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/7597/examplesq.jpg>
Just thought Iād pass this on in the hopes that it can be fixed soon. Otherwise, thanks for the great work on putting out these maps. Much appreciated.
Robert
So, the area I have been doing all the changes is in red. What happened. Itās not something I did is it?
It would be useful if you tell me which area that isā¦ Then I can look at the specific error. Most probably the area will render fine next time, Mkgmap is not without bugs.
Btw, a new version of Translit has been used with transliteration for 13 new countries. It should now also transliterate roadnames and POI. More info in this post
No, no, not yet. Only 's with a place AND a name tag. See link.
I downloaded the latest version of the Philippines map and was glad to see all the extra tracks on some Davao roads had been cleared. I was going to ask how to do it.
One of the problems I have is that I live on the main Island of Mindanao but most of my land is on Samal Island in the Davao Gulf. I found that if I wanted the GPS to navigate to my land from home or to home from my land it could not do it due to the water in between. I solved this by adding a ātrackā marked vehicular ferry alongside the existing ferry route. This worked and I was able to let the GPS guide friends to my land.
I was glad to see the messy tracks gone but the track I added to the ferry route has also gone so I am back to where the GPS cannot navigate except within the same island.
Can you tell me if/how I can change the vehicular ferry route so the GPS sees it as navigable?
Thanks
Itās not clear whether youāre saying that the ferry route has been deleted from the OSM data, or whether it doesnāt seem to be in the Garmin map that you have created/downloaded.
Can you give an OSM link to the area youāre talking about?
I know this is probably the wrong place to ask this, but does anyone know what the numbers signify here. Tiger has added them to streets that have no name.
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=30.03309&lon=-99.11883&zoom=17&layers=B000FTF
is an example.
Would it hurt if I changed those numbers to match the address number on the street?
http://www.openstreetmap.org/edit?lat=7.12821&lon=125.67016&zoom=15
The vehicular ferry route has been on the map for a long time. It is the second one down on the map at the above URL. I found that if I am on the Island or the mainland and want the GPS to navigate to anywhere on the other side it cannot do it. I have to get it to navigate to the ferry then wait until we cross to the other side and set the GPS to navigate again from there.
I could not figure out what to do to make the GPS see the existing vehicular ferry route as part of the route and so I temporarily added another ferry route alongside. This one was recognized by the GPS so it could navigate including the ferry route.
The additional route I added has now been deleted from the OSM data (the on-line map) so what I am asking is how can the original vehicular ferry route that is on the map be modified so the GPS can recognize it as part of a drivable route?
Well how exactly did you add your line? Which tags did you use? Wich way id had it (history).
The first one on the map is:
http://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/way/31698206
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The second one is:
http://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/way/42710041
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If the second one is not routable than the reason looks obvious.