While some may know about:

http://www.openstreetmap.org/

others may not.

On Jul 17, 8:11*am, H the K wrote:
While some may know about:

http://www.openstreetmap.org/

others may not.

very useful! thanks...now if they'd do this for nautical charts...

wf3h wrote:
On Jul 17, 8:11 am, H the K wrote:
While some may know about:

http://www.openstreetmap.org/

others may not.

very useful! thanks...now if they'd do this for nautical charts...


I read where these maps can be imported in some fashion onto portable
"road" GPS units, but I haven't bothered to mess with that yet.

"H the K" wrote in message
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wf3h wrote:
On Jul 17, 8:11 am, H the K wrote:
While some may know about:

http://www.openstreetmap.org/

others may not.

very useful! thanks...now if they'd do this for nautical charts...


I read where these maps can be imported in some fashion onto portable
"road" GPS units, but I haven't bothered to mess with that yet.

You can find locations at www.maps.google.com, then download them to your
GPS.

On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:23:48 -0700 (PDT), wf3h
wrote:

On Jul 17, 8:11*am, H the K wrote:
While some may know about:

http://www.openstreetmap.org/

others may not.

very useful! thanks...now if they'd do this for nautical charts...

What is the advantage of this map over Google or Mapquest? I kinda
like seeing my pickup in the driveway on Google.
--

John H

Lil' John wrote:
On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:23:48 -0700 (PDT), wf3h
wrote:

On Jul 17, 8:11 am, H the K wrote:
While some may know about:

http://www.openstreetmap.org/

others may not.
very useful! thanks...now if they'd do this for nautical charts...

What is the advantage of this map over Google or Mapquest? I kinda
like seeing my pickup in the driveway on Google.
--

John H

I'll tell you what's kind of freaky in a Big Brother is watching you
kind of way, is Zillow. I zoomed in on the in-laws place and there's my
father in law in the front yard!! Guess he just happened to be out there
when the van that goes around taking pictures drove by!

On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:23:48 -0700, wf3h wrote:


very useful! thanks...now if they'd do this for nautical charts...

http://openseamap.org/

On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:07:01 -0500, thunder
wrote:

On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:23:48 -0700, wf3h wrote:


very useful! thanks...now if they'd do this for nautical charts...

http://openseamap.org/

That one's got a long way to go.

On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:34:21 -0400, Captain Marvel of Woodstock wrote:


http://openseamap.org/

That one's got a long way to go.

Yeah, and with NOAA charts free for the download, you have to wonder if
it will ever get there.