Adding New Roads

Former Member over 7 years ago

Hello,

Is there a way I can add a new road to a map in BC?

I recently purchased an Eastern Africa Garmin GPS Map from Tracks4A and inside the major cities some minor roads are missing. Is there a way I can add them manually?

Thanks,

- Tamir

0 dpawlyk over 7 years ago

No, there's no way of doing that.

For maps from Garmin, you have to report it as a "map error" and wait. Basecamp has a means of reporting map errors (I haven't used it).

As an alternative, you can get maps based on Openstreetmap (OSM) data that cane be used in Basecamp.

http://garmin.openstreetmap.nl/

http://extract.bbbike.org/

It takes a while to learn how to do it but you can edit the OSM data.

It's also possible that the OSM data already has the roads you are looking for.

0 Former Member over 7 years ago

Thanks dpawlyk,

I will try the OpenStreetMap (I'm currently 2560 in the queue !!)
I tried to create the route in Google Map, export it as KML and import it back to BC. It seems a little bit awkward on BC, I wonder if this will work while it will be transferred to the Garmin device.

0 dpawlyk over 7 years ago

I will try the OpenStreetMap (I'm currently 2560 in the queue !!)

It will probably be faster than you think it will be.

I tried to create the route in Google Map, export it as KML and import it back to BC. It seems a little bit awkward on BC, I wonder if this will work while it will be transferred to the Garmin device.

Yes, this will work. Sort of.

I don't know what unit you have or how you are going to use the route.

You should be able to follow the route as a track but probably not as a fancy "route:.

Some of the units expect that the map on the device has the roads that match the track for fancier routing.

I wonder if you should talk to the map company.

https://tracks4africa.co.za/