OpenStreetMap
Unable to calculate route: no roads near starting point
Posted by George Kalash on 21 July 2008 in English.I tried the osm map on garmin nuvi 670 today in Beirut. The roads are accurate until 2 steps from max. zooming (acceptable).
The problem is that when I try "where to" and specify a point on the map. I get an error "Unable to calculate route: no roads near starting point!"
I used mkgmap to convert from OSM to IMG.
Discussion
Comment from Gary68 on 21 July 2008 at 19:10
the map is not routable. the garmin probably tries to find a road on the basemap but can't find one. as i understand it routable selfmade maps are in experimental stadium right now... Gary68
Comment from sabre23t on 21 July 2008 at 22:42
You can make routable map from OSM, by converting to MP, and compiling on Mapcenter2.cgpsmapper.com into IMG format. I think you may also have to edit the MP to with GPSMapEdit to automatically add routable nodes.
Comment from George Kalash on 22 July 2008 at 09:57
Thanks - The only tool I found for converting from OSM to MP is osm2mp.pl
Any known reliable tool to use?
Comment from AkMeR on 23 July 2008 at 06:45
http://garminmapsearch.com/osm/osm2mp_v052.zip
Version of this tool only 0.52, but it is already very useful. Discussion (in russian) is here (http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?id=694).