Hi,
I'm going on a 5 day trip to the Highlands in two weeks time and I am wondering what map I could use on my Garmin Oregon device.
In the last years I had used an Opensource tool to get Ordnance Survey maps onto my garmin but it turned out that the download of maps was not allowed by the OS and the tool had to withdraw support for OS maps. So this year I have to look for something else (mainly because I am not willing to pay a fortune for OS maps which I'd use only once a year).
A possible solution for me could be Openstreetmaps for Garmin devices from here
http://www.freizeitkarte-osm.de/de/index.html and I was wondering whether the coverage of the Highlands is good enough to rely on openstreetmaps? (Of course I will carry a paper map as well).
A quick comparison of Openstreetmap and OS highlights the lack of detail (see screenshots of Scafell Pike region):
So what is your opinion on Openstreetmap, especially the coverage of tracks, bothies, streams, land features etc of the more remote parts of the Highlands such as the Fisherfield wilderness?
Are there any free alternatives to Openstreetmap with more detail?
Cheers,
Mancunian