> I also just tried out routing on my new Garmin Oregon 550...awesome. I was > on cycling Churchill Park in Melbourne's east and camping the night. The > gps, using only osm data, found me some really interesting tracks that I > wouldn't have thought of on my own. Someone's done a good job in that > area. > It's particularly cool that you can see some interesting singletrack, take > it, and the gps figures out a way to incorporate that decision and still > get > you to your destination. > > Then, on the way home, I used it again. I had to get my car towed to a > mechanic, then ride home. I would have gone a pretty boring way by > default, > but the gps pointed out that I was near the elster canal bike path, and > took > me that way. It's still not perfect Garmin doesn't value bike paths as > highly as I do but it's really helpful. I was pretty skeptical about the > value of routing on roads, but now I'm convinced that it can you help you > find more interesting ways around. > > Steve
I gave myself one for Christmas and have not got it as far as the bike yet although I have bought it all the necessary accessories. After a lot of fiddling I have succeeded in getting it to send to gpsd so if anyone wants to know pm me. _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
