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Originally Posted by colebatch
For the adventure traveller, OSM not only provides the best quality digital nav maps for much of the non developed world, the maps are also free. For the financially challenged traveller, OSM maps can just as easily be used in lieu of Garmin maps in Europe and North America. The OSM map database is easy to convert into a format for both Garmin sat nav units and for Garmin basecamp / mapsource / road trip software on personal computers and laptops.
To get an idea of the detail available on OSM, it worth looking at OpenStreetMap and zooming in on areas and cities of interest.
To get maps that are in a format for use on your Garmin sat nav and Garmin software, you first need to go to a site that can compile the maps for you - such as Free worldwide routable Garmin maps from OpenStreetMap
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Read all of it. Put Garmin basecamp / mapsource / road trip on your PC and download one OSM map of interest and look at it .. see if it is 'good enough' for your use.
----------------- The choice between paying for Garmins map or using OSM gets down to personal opinion ... for the money I'd go with the OSM .. as that gives you more money to spend on your trip.
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For Androd phone users there is an ap - OSMAnd that installs OSM maps (limited to 10 maps on the free version) on your phone ... that will also give you an idea of the level of detail available on where your going. Oh .. iphone + OSM ... http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/IPhone
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