The Open Geo-Information Database

Usually maps for GPS devices are available on a
commercial base only
- to get the topographical cards from all of Europe one would
need
to spend thousands of Euros. And these maps are protected by copyrights
and might thus come with limited installation rights.
At OpenStreetMap volunteers collect "GPS tracks" - track
recordings
made with GPS devices and load these into the OSM system
database,
which provides public access.
The collected tracks get converted into maps and the
data is then
publicly available over the Internet. Variations of the map provided
can for example directly be loaded into some GPS devices.
CacheZone supports OpenStreetMap by Logo licensing,
donations and organisation of Mapping Events.
Links for OpenStreetMap:
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