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= Garmin Base Map =

!OpenStreetMap data can be downloaded to a Garmin GPS:
 * http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/OSM_Map_On_Garmin

Some areas already have this done for you:
 * http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/OSM_Map_On_Garmin/Download

Download the data for the area that you're interested in.

Easiest way for small areas is using JOSM & save it as filename.osm

For larger files use http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Osmxapi

Calculate the bounding box (Decimal degrees, S & W are negative. Use Google Earth's 'Grid' View to help)
{{{
wget -O filename.osm http://www.informationfreeway.org/api/0.5/*[*=*][bbox=min_long,min_lat,max_long,max_lat]
}}}
e.g. for Tanzania:
{{{
wget -O tanzania.osm http://www.informationfreeway.org/api/0.5/*[*=*][bbox=29,-12,41,-1]
}}}
e.g. for Liberia:
{{{
wget -O liberia.osm http://www.informationfreeway.org/api/0.5/*[*=*][bbox=-11.5,4.3,-7.35,8.6]
}}}
or get a planet.osm file from:
 * http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Planet.osm

== UTFSanitizer ==
This may need to be cleaned-up using UTF8sanitizer

=== Linux ===
NB Can ignore errors in other apps
{{{
apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev
svn co http://svn.openstreetmap.org/applications/utils/planet.osm/C/
cd C
make
./UTF8sanitizer <filename.osm >fixed.osm 2>errors.txt
}}}

=== Windows ===
Needs to have Cygwin1.dll present
 * http://svn.openstreetmap.org/applications/utils/planet.osm/C/UTF8sanitizer.exe
{{{
UTF8sanitizer.exe <filename.osm >fixed.osm 2>errors.txt
}}}

== mkgmap ==
Use mkgmap to convert this to be usable on the Garmin:
{{{
java -jar -Xmx512M mkgmap.jar fixed.osm
}}}

This will produce a file called 63240001.img.
This can be copied to the CF card as Garmin/gmapsupp.img
(Put the Garmin into 'Mass Storage' mode to get it to act as a CF card reader)

For more help see: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Mkgmap/help

=== Troubleshooting ===
If you get :
{{{
Error at line 216, col 6
Bad file format: c:\Temp\cut\63242591
}}}
then open the file & remove the repeated header from the file!

If you just get:
{{{
Bad file format: c:\Temp\cut\63242591
}}}
then open the file & convert to UTF-8 (Format menu in notepad++, if too large & it crashes, then use Cygwin/Linux:
{{{
iconv -f ISO-8859-1 -t UTF-8 filename > output)
}}}

=== UK ===
If downloading the whole of the UK (from http://nick.dev.openstreetmap.org/downloads/planet/) then this is too large to process in 1 go, so the file needs splitting.

New, untested method:
 * http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/page/tile-splitter

Old, tested method:
{{{
UTF8sanitizer.exe <uk-*.osm >fixed.osm 2>errors.txt
md cut
java -Xmx1024M -jar osmcut.jar 2 fixed.osm cut
}}}
cygwin:
{{{
for i in cut/*; do iconv -f ISO-8859-1 -t UTF-8 "$i" > "${i}.utf8"; done
}}}

{{{
java -jar -Xmx1024M mkgmap.jar cut/*.utf8
java -jar -Xmx1024M mkgmap.jar --gmapsupp 6*.img
}}}

To update a gmapsupp.img, rename it as e.g. old.img, & build the new .img via:
{{{
java -jar -Xmx1024M mkgmap.jar --gmapsupp latest.osm old.img
}}}

== !MapSource ==
The map can be made visible in !MapSource using a .reg file like this one (copy the 6*.img & the 6*.tdb to c:\garmin\osm):
 * OSM.reg (attached)
NB !MapSource 6141 - 6156 are broken - use 6137 for now
 * see threads: http://www.poi-factory.com/node/15660, http://www.poi-factory.com/node/20054

== Osmosis ==
{{{
wget http://dev.openstreetmap.org/~bretth/osmosis-build/osmosis-latest.zip
mv osmosis-latest.zip osmosis-0.38.zip
unzip osmosis-0.38.zip
}}}

To split off a smaller area from a larger osm file, use Osmosis (NB Need Osmosis-0.35 since Srtm2Osm only support API 0.5 currently!):
 * http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Osmosis
{{{
java -jar -Xmx512M osmosis.jar --rx horn_contours.osm enableDateParsing=false --sort --bounding-polygon file="sudan2pts.txt" --wx sudan_contours.osm
}}}
(2pts.txt files available from http://www.maproom.psu.edu/dcw/)

== Contours ==
To add Contour lines to the .osm files before converting to .img:
 * http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Srtm2Osm

Running on Linux:
- currently fails: "Cannot open assembly 'Srtm20sm.exe': No such file or directory."
{{{
apt-get install mono-runtime libmono-corlib2.0-cil libmono-system-runtime2.0-cil libmono-system2.0-cil libmono-i18n2.0-cil libmono-corlib1.0-cil
wget http://topo.openstreetmap.de/Srtm2Osm-1.8.14.10.zip
unzip Srtm2Osm-1.8.14.10.zip
cd Srtm2Osm
mono Srtm20sm.exe
}}}

e.g. for Haiti:
{{{
srtm2osm -step 25 -cat 250 100 -bounds1 17.884659 -74.668579 20.231275 -71.6584 -o haiti_contours.osm
osmosis --rx haiti_contours.osm enableDateParsing=false --sort --rx haiti.osm --merge --wx outfile.osm
osmosis --read-xml-0.5 haiti_contours.osm enableDateParsing=false --sort-0.5 --read-xml-0.5 haiti.osm --merge-0.5 --write-xml-0.5 outfile.osm
java -jar -Xmx2048M mkgmap.jar outfile.osm
java -jar -Xmx1024M mkgmap.jar --gmapsupp 6*.img

}}}
e.g. for Liberia:
{{{
srtm2osm -large -cat 500 100 -bounds3 "http://openstreetmap.org/?lat=6.47&lon=-9.35&zoom=8&layers=B00FT" -o liberia_contours.osm
}}}
e.g. for Tanzania:
{{{
srtm2osm -large -cat 500 100 -bounds3 "http://openstreetmap.org/?lat=-6.89&lon=30.59&zoom=6&layers=B00FT" -o tanzania_contours.osm
}}}
e.g. for Darfur:
{{{
UTF8sanitizer.exe <sudan.osm >fixed.osm 2>errors.txt
iconv -f ISO-8859-1 -t UTF-8 fixed.osm > sudan.osm
srtm2osm -large -cat 800 200 -bounds3 "http://openstreetmap.org/?lat=11.75&lon=27.37&zoom=7&layers=B000FTF" -o darfur_contours.osm
}}}
e.g. merge Kilimanjaro contours into Tanzania OSM:
{{{
srtm2osm -step 50 -cat 1000 250 -bounds3 "http://openstreetmap.org/?lat=-3.2&lon=37.2&zoom=9&layers=B00FTF" -merge tanzania.osm
}}}
e.g. merge Table Mountain contours into South Africa OSM:
{{{
srtm2osm -step 20 -cat 250 100 -bounds3 "http://openstreetmap.org/?lat=-33.93&lon=18.917&zoom=10&layers=B000FTF" -merge south_africa.osm
}}}

Can also merge data afterwards using Osmosis:
{{{
java -Xmx512M -jar osmosis.jar --rx darfur_contours.osm enableDateParsing=false --sort --rx sudan.osm --merge --wx outfile.osm
java -Xmx512M -jar osmcut.jar 3.5 outfile.osm cut
for i in cut/*; do iconv -f ISO-8859-1 -t UTF-8 "$i" > "${i}.utf8"; done
java -jar -Xmx512M mkgmap.jar cut/*.utf8
java -jar -Xmx512M mkgmap.jar --gmapsupp 6*.img
}}}
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Topographic_maps_for_garmin_devices

Alternative method for creating Contour maps which doesn't use OSM:
 * http://home.cinci.rr.com/creek/garmin.htm

If in the UK then can use .img files from Scottish Mountaineering Club:
 * http://www.smc.org.uk/ContourMaps.htm
To merge these with the OSM data, ensure both Maps are visible in !MapSource, select all the segments (using the 'Map Tool') from each in turn, then 'Send to Device'.

The gmapsupp.img from the SD card can then be copied-back to use elsewhere.
or
{{{
java -jar -Xmx1024M mkgmap.jar --gmapsupp osm\6*.img contours\*.img
}}}

Other sources of refined DEMs:
 * http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mac-im-netz.de%2Fdateien%2Fmaps.html&hl=en&ie=UTF8&sl=de&tl=en

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