Phil's Hiking Resources

I’ve recently been preparing to take my Garmin Oregon 600 to the Alps so have been researching some free GPS mapping sources.

Here are a few i’ve come across that might be of interest to you:

• UK & Europe: http://freizeitkarte-osm.de/garmin/en/regions.html
• UK: http://talkytoaster.me.uk/ukmaps.htm
• Worldwide: http://garmin.openstreetmap.nl/
• USA: http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/maps/state/all

Here is a nice little blog post explaining how to get Open Street Map mapping onto your GPS…

• http://blog.gravitystorm.co.uk/2007/01/07/osm-on-my-gps/ 

and here is openstreetmap.org’s own wiki on “OSM Map On Garmin”…

• http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Map_On_Garmin/Download

The GPSFileDepot.com have a tutorial on loading digital mapping to a Garmin Unit using BaseCamp

• http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/tutorials/how-to-load-maps-on-my-garmin-gps-unit/

And finally here is how you geolocate and uploading a scanned JPG map to your Garmin GPS in a KMZ file using Google Earth…

• http://www.gpstraining.co.uk/phpmedia/docs/creatinggarmincustommapsinfiveeasysteps.pdf

I’ve also learned that you can get MapSource for free legally:

1. Download the Garmin Training Centre:
   http://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=835, and install it…
2. then download and install Garmin MapSource Updates:
   http://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=209.

Author: Phil Newby

This entry is filed under GPS Software, Maps, Digital, Useful Links.