Yohan, Excellent work, thrilled about this!
The HDM-specific rendering + iconography is critical! great work/more please :) c On Jun 21, 2013, at 7:15 AM, "Banick, Robert" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Yohan, > > Fantastic! I’ve had numerous trainees complain about stuff not showing up on > the map, and wow, this gets right at that. It also looks better than the > default OSM tiles :-) > > Totally agreed that a legend / map key is needed. The American Red Cross > would be happy to help with making that if we can get specifications on > what’s needed / how you’d like to see it. > > Speaking of which, if we have anything else in mind that might merit a place > on the map, would we be able to discuss with you all further and/or assist > with symbology? We’re eager to be contributors and not just users. > > Cheers, > Robert > > Robert Banick | Field GIS Coordinator | International Services | Ì American > Red Cross > > From: Stéphane Henriod [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 2:51 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [HOT] HOT/HDM web rendering > > Hi Yohan! > > this is indeed amazing and exaclty what was needed! So many people have > already complained that they digitize stuff "that doesn't appear on the map"! > > I second David, once the icons and styles will be in reasonnably final stage, > it would be necessary to have a map legend / key. And also maybe to host it > on a server with a shorter / more explicit name (humanitarianmap.org? or > whatever in this direction). And, naturally, if there was a possibility to > serve the whole planet file, it would be even more amazing! :-) > > Very well done the CAP103 team! > > Stéphane > > > -- > "Le mot progrès n'aura aucun sens tant qu'il y aura des enfants malheureux" > -- Albert Einstein > > "A journey does not need reasons. Before long, it proves to be reason enough > in itself. One thinks that one is going to make a journey, yet soon it is the > journey that makes or unmakes you." -- Nicolas Bouvier > > Photos de voyages, photos de montagne: http://www.henriod.info > > > On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 8:18 AM, David Schmitt <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Yohan, > > On 2013-06-20 23:00, Yohan Boniface wrote: > Hi Hotties, > > It's time to introduce the work being done on a humanitarian (HDM) > specific rendering. > > TL;DR: http://umap.fluv.io/en/map/hdm-first-draft_728 > > I will now share with you the work in progress on the web rendering step. > > This web rendering has several goals: > One is simply to give editors a way to see the HDM OSM data without > having to use JOSM or a SQL console. > Another is to give humanitarian actors and developing countries a web > map that gives them the information they need, making OSM more and more > useful. > Finally, this is the occasion for HOT to have its own rendering, a nice > way to illustrate its work! > > What does "highlight the HDM" means for a rendering? The main principle > is that each tag considered meaningful for the HDM should be rendered. > Here are some examples: > - road surface and smoothness are rendered (eg. > http://umap.fluv.io/en/map/hdm-first-draft_728#15/18.6665/-72.3048 where > a piece of the primary road is unpaved) > - water well are rendered (eg. > http://umap.fluv.io/en/map/hdm-first-draft_728#19/19.67901/-72.12665, > icons work in progress ;) ) > - street lamps are rendered (same link) > - The craft tags are rendered > (http://umap.fluv.io/en/map/hdm-first-draft_728#19/19.67048/-72.12274) > - NGOs have their icons, for example: > http://umap.fluv.io/en/map/hdm-first-draft_728#19/19.75957/-72.20532 > Also: > - terrain data is included (will be colorized: > http://umap.fluv.io/en/map/hdm-first-draft_728#11/19.5944/-72.1108) > - zoom until 20 is allowed: the goal is to enable mapping in very > detailed instances. For example, camps (fire hydrants are already > rendered: > http://umap.fluv.io/en/map/hdm-first-draft_728#20/19.76066/-72.20188 ) > > Very awesome indeed! I think it is a very important step for HOT to have the > entered data visible on a map. It is necessary to both provide feedback to > the editors as well as to have a simple and tangible result to communicate to > people outside of the project. > > Something I'm missing is a map key. It's hard to infer the actual state of a > road from its color on the map, without guidance. > > > Keep up the amazing work :-) > > > > Regards, David > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
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