[Ryedale] Open streetmap

Martin Wheldon mwheldon at googlemail.com
Thu May 22 08:26:11 BST 2008


I always find that using google to search a particular site is the
most fruitful.

Try something like the following in your google search

garmin site:openstreetmap.org

Forces google to just search the openstreetmap site.

Cheers

Martin

On 5/22/08, Stephen O'Neill <squid at thefloatingfrog.co.uk> wrote:
> Al Girling wrote:
> > Sorry if that came across as a STFW type reply.  Certainly wasn't my
> > intention.
> >
>
>
> Not at all - I just didn't want to seem like a hypocrite as it annoys me
> when a swift Internet search gives the answer without bugging a mailing
> list... I had tried but failed and got confused.
>
> > I can't stand wiki pages generally as I can rarely find the
> > same page twice, so assume others struggle with them also.
> >
>
>
> I only found the wiki at all by doing a search for "garmin openstreetmap" -
> if it was linked from the OSM front page then I completely missed it. That
> got me to a Garmin page but given the lack of apparent structure/hierarchy
> in a wiki I couldn't then find a general GPS/recommendations page for
> beginners - ergo I asked you guys!
>
>
> --
> Stephen O'Neill
> w: http://www.thefloatingfrog.co.uk/
> e: squid at thefloatingfrog.co.uk
>
>
>



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