[Talk-us] Whole-US Garmin Map update - 2016-03-04

[Dave Hansen]

These are based off of Lambertus's work here:

http://garmin.openstreetmap.nl

If you have questions or comments about these maps, please feel
free to ask.  However, please do not send me private mail.  The
odds are, someone else will have the same questions, and by
asking on the talk-us@ list, others can benefit.

Downloads:

http://daveh.dev.openstreetmap.org/garmin/Lambertus/2016-03-04

Map to visualize what each file contains:


http://daveh.dev.openstreetmap.org/garmin/Lambertus/2016-03-04/kml/kml.html


FAQ



Why did you do this?

I wrote scripts to joined them myself to lessen the impact
of doing a large join on Lambertus's server.  I've also
cut them in large longitude swaths that should fit conveniently
on removable media.  

http://daveh.dev.openstreetmap.org/garmin/Lambertus/2016-03-04

Can or should I seed the torrents?

Yes!!  If you use the .torrent files, please seed.  That web
server is in the UK, and it helps to have some peers on this
side of the Atlantic.

Why is my map missing small rectangular areas?

There have been some missing tiles from Lambertus's map (the
red rectangles),  I don't see any at the moment, so you may
want to update if you had issues with the last set.

Why can I not copy the large files to my new SD card?

If you buy a new card (especially SDHC), some are FAT16 from
the factory.  I had to reformat it to let me create a >2GB
file.

Does your map cover Mexico/Canada?

Yes!!  I have, for the purposes of this map, annexed Ontario
in to the USA.  Some areas of North America that are close
to the US also just happen to get pulled in to these maps.
This might not happen forever, and if you would like your
non-US area to get included, let me know. 

-- Dave


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Re: [Talk-us] Where to find airport information?

[Ian Dees]

Keep in mind that it's perfectly acceptable to set up a private
runway/airfield that isn't listed on any FAA or official source. The two
examples you give are pretty clearly airfields with runways (you can see
where the runway lights are, they have support buildings, and the first
link has a turnaround on the far end of the runway to let planes taxi back
to the hangar).

On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 7:32 AM, Wolfgang Zenker 
wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I have recently come across a few runways in Montana that I could not
> find any information about except the imagery. I tried to search for
> these airfields on the FAA website, but without success (maybe I did
> it wrong).
> Any idea where to find out more?
>
> Two examples would be here:
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/45.4301/-109.8209=N
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/45.5226/-109.5370=N
>
> Wolfgang
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Re: [Talk-us] Where to find airport information?

[Elliott Plack]

You can check ouraiports.com. It is a PD source that has been used for an
OSM import in the US:

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Cataloguesearch for airport





On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 12:45 PM Clifford Snow 
wrote:

> Montana, like many western state, need help in rural areas. I have been
> wondering about an outreach program with local ag extensions, or Future
> Farmers of America, 4H, Boy Scouts, etc. I attended a small county fair
> last year. The local Future Farmers did a demo of remote subs they using to
> map ocean floors. It was part of a NASA (I think) program to get kids
> interested in science.
>
> Clifford
>
> On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 9:01 AM, Wolfgang Zenker  > wrote:
>
>> * Clifford Snow  [160306 16:14]:
>> > The first example you provided is located in Stillwater County, Montana.
>> > Stillwater has gis data available, but unfortunately for me requires
>> > Microsoft Silverlight browser plugin which I am not able to run. I would
>> > check the county gis database for more information. The website is
>> > http://www.stillwater.mt.gov/GIS/default.asp
>>
>> Silverlight is a no-go for me as well, I don't think it even exists
>> for my operating system.
>>
>> > There is even someone you could contact. I find most county gis
>> departments
>> > usually more than willing to help, especially if you ask nice. Even in
>> > counties without free data, they might be able to provide you with the
>> name
>> > of the runway.
>>
>> I will contact them as soon as I'm done with cleaning up TIGER geometries
>> in the area, because I have a few more questions (e.g. roads that look
>> a lot like residential roads, but with no name given on TIGER).
>> Thanks for the contact!
>>
>> > Have you contacted the user? While it looks like a runway, I'm not
>> certain
>> > that it is. Although, not sure what else it could be.
>>
>> Well, the user would be myself in this case, and I added these things
>> as runways because that is what they look like.
>>
>> > FWIW - I used to live in Montana and am familiar with parts of the
>> state.
>>
>> Great, so there are at least a few people in the project familiar
>> with Montana. I've been there only a few times as a tourist, and I
>> have been working on cleaning up TIGER geometries for Montana
>> basically because (almost) no-one else did. My hope is that we
>> find more mappers if one can start mapping without having to clean
>> up a lot of broken data first.
>>
>> Wolfgang
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