OSM in Garmin
 

Hey guys, I would like to ask about possibilities of OSM in Garmin devices. I'm travelling across Iran, all stans (except Afghanistan) and Mongolia and Russia and I would like to use (besides paper maps) also GPS device. According to many sources the best maps for these locations are OSM.

Do you have any experience with routable OSM in Garmin devices? Which device do you prefer and does it have any disadvantages?

Thank you very much. Katarina

You really need to lose yourself in reading this big forum:-
Navigation - Maps, Compass, GPS - Horizons Unlimited - The HUBB
Good luck in your quest for knowledge: start with the sticky threads, I suggest.

I started using GPS Sat nav this year.

Also for the purpose of going to mongolia.

I bought myself a Garmin zumo 660 and installed OSM on GPS and Basecamp.

I tested the navi on regular motorcycle rides trough Austria and germany and for me it works fine.

How it is in Russia and mongolia, i will see this in 5 weeks.

And with the waypoints here i think i like it.

I always use OSM maps in Russia and Mongolia. Try to use the maps as a moving map, rather than being in Moscow, inputting an address in Vladivostok, and pressing the go button. Use the maps to check you are on the right road. To navigate from one side of a city to the other. To work out where the road you are on actually goes.

Make sure you make use of the waypoints database (the top sticky thread in this North Asia section).

I think, thats what i want to do.

In my case, i made some routes and i try to follow them , does this work out with the navi?

Go to garmin.openstreetmap.nl and you can download an installable map of whatever area you need for your garmin . The osm maps for central asia are quit good and accurate and certainly better then anything else available.

Kp

Yes it works. I used OSM maps last year in Pamir Highway, quite good part of roads are there. I also made route in Garmin before trip, loaded it to GPS and then rode it. No problems with GPS (I had Garmin 487) or OSM.

I also used the OSM maps for our trip around the black see in 2012. They do not have the same quality as the original maps of Garmin. In countries where the original maps were available I prefered them. But nevertheless the OSM maps do have sometimes more POI's or a more accurate street position.
BUT: the OSM maps sometimes have failures. Navigating with long distances sometimes is not possible.

Stefan (always using both)

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