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It would be a great feature if Marble could generate Garmin GPS maps.

Since recently I use Marble for browsing the OpenStreetMap maps, and I also use the OpenStreetMap maps on my Garmin GPS device.
But the OpenStreetMap data has to be converted to a usable Garmin map before you can send it to your GPS device. As far as I know this isn't easy for the average user. A website exists where you can select a portion of the map and let the server make a map for you:
http://garmin.na1400.info/routable.php

This is a really nice service from an OpenStreetMap enthusiast, but it is only a one man effort. Also, as a user you have to wait (sometimes a few days) before the map is ready.
So I think it would be great if there was a program that made it easy to make your own map, and I think Marble would be perfect for it.

I think this feature would benefit a lot of people:
-People like me with a GPS device, who could build their own maps.
-Marble community: a lot of GPS users would start using Marble to make their own maps (to see how popular this service is: http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopi ... =2625&p=31 31 pages, most topics have less than 1)
-OpenStreetMap: GPS users don't depend on only one guy to build their maps, so OpenStreetMap GPS maps would be better available.

And as a final thought, the guy on that website uses a open source program (mkgmap) to make these maps, so maybe this feature can be implemented without much effort.