(GPS-haters please look away now).
I saw this last night:
http://shop.opencycl...-gps-uk-ireland
and I thought it was worth sharing, for people like me who are a bit nervous about the process of producing a Garmin .img file from OpenStreetMap/OpenCycleMap data. You can now buy a ready-to-roll version from OpenCycleMap. Screenshots look good. OK no doubt it's easier than it looks to roll your own, but £14.99 to support the OpenCycleMap project seems like money well spent.
There are also maps for Germany/Austria/Switzerland and Benelux (and while I'm at it, you can get OpenStreetMap mapping for France from here).
Anyway my question: does the OpencycleMap mapping give more cycle-friendly routes with Garmin GPses (I've tried the 'cycle-friendly' option on the GPS without success - the low-point was the time when having set a route point in order to avoid an a-road, the GPS decided that I should go do the route-point, then do a u-turn and head for the A-road!).
I saw this last night:
http://shop.opencycl...-gps-uk-ireland
and I thought it was worth sharing, for people like me who are a bit nervous about the process of producing a Garmin .img file from OpenStreetMap/OpenCycleMap data. You can now buy a ready-to-roll version from OpenCycleMap. Screenshots look good. OK no doubt it's easier than it looks to roll your own, but £14.99 to support the OpenCycleMap project seems like money well spent.
There are also maps for Germany/Austria/Switzerland and Benelux (and while I'm at it, you can get OpenStreetMap mapping for France from here).
Anyway my question: does the OpencycleMap mapping give more cycle-friendly routes with Garmin GPses (I've tried the 'cycle-friendly' option on the GPS without success - the low-point was the time when having set a route point in order to avoid an a-road, the GPS decided that I should go do the route-point, then do a u-turn and head for the A-road!).