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One Thousand Miles Later

English телендә andygates26 May 2011 баҫылып сыҡты.

Earlier this month, I rode the End-to-End using OSM on my Garmin as my primary navigation resource.

In a nutshell: it was great. 1104 miles covered in three weeks. All the way through, either using routing or moving-map display, it was reliable and accurate and just right. There was one dumb-routing moment (that farm track was not rideable!) and only a couple of ways absent from the map.

I had a couple of moments of drama that gave me warm fuzzy feelings toward the OSM community: one incredibly mundane - I was *desperate* for a loo and the tourist signs had me muddled; and one utterly critical - my old rear wheel collapsed and I needed a bike shop, urgently!

At this point, Bike Hub came to the rescue. Bike Hub is an app that uses OSM data so I was able to hit the "Bike Shops Near Me" button and -- joy! Dryburgh Cycles, seven miles away. A short taxi ride and I was repaired and rolling again.

I have, as the saying goes, eaten my own dogfood, and it was delicious and nutritious.

Урын Crediton, Mid Devon, Devon, Devon and Torbay, England, United Kingdom
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Andy Allanтарафынан27 May 2011 cәғәт 09:20көндө ҡаралған

Not all of the bike shops available in the bike hub app are in openstreetmap yet - check out

http://shaunmcdonald.dev.openstreetmap.org/bike-shop-locator

... and help track down the ones we don't have yet!

andygatesтарафынан27 May 2011 cәғәт 20:53көндө ҡаралған

Aha... will do!

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