Best thing since GPS and Google Maps

Haha, so I know you love your Google maps and such, but what about a user made map? You use your own gps tracks and contribute to a project? Sounds like fun eh? So this website runs so smooth and fast and the maps are so nice take a look:

www.openstreetmap.org...

Another nice map site:

www.arcgis.com...

Really really cool stuff. I would advise you to download your regional area in case of internet blackouts and keep them in your survival folder

Openstreet has really awesome export functions. This is a must have download, trust me.

This is pretty damn cool!! Hopefully this will be incorporated into SAT NAV's... Countless times have I ended up on a road that doesn't exist in the mapping software...

Hmm a map made via user contribution... They should have called the website 'Mapipedia' lol ..

Nice find and thanks for making us aware of this S&F for you my good sir!

Cheers!

Mike

reply to post by Shuzitzu


Thanks man, the cool thing is that since literally everyone has a GPS and is basically contributing to the project it gets updated fast. I would say faster than other things like Garmin and Google. Glad you could use it.

I'm trying to learn GIS at the moment. This is so much easier!
Thanks!

reply to post by THE_PROFESSIONAL


ive already started using it and just added some routes and labels in my area , thanx to you of course.

ive always dreamt of a tool like this where i can add things that are not available on devices like garmin.

S&F you deserve more actually

Thanks guys, if you want an editor for OpenStreets:

esriosmeditor.codeplex.com...

It may require the free reader: ArcReader

www.lib.utexas.edu...

A great collection of downloadable maps for your collection when there is no internet. My advice is to download your home/state maps and then find some way to integrate Opensteets into it or something..