> I'm afraid there's no other way than uploading the complete data once > and then leaving the updating to the volunteers (the organisation can > be a volunteer themselves too). Possibly it would be better if there > was a technique in OSM for the map data to be kept up to date if there > is an authoritative source, but there isn't any, so really there isn't > much choice.
This is a problem for a number of organisations however if they were to host a copy of the OSM database and add in the stops themselves they could get the performance and control they desired plus get the richness of OSM including locally added data. It might be worth exploring for a number of cities which perhaps would mean some one packaging the documentation on how to do this. Also with the advent of locally rendering on the PC additionally hosting a raw .osm file might make sense. I've actually seen a couple of American tourists look at an area in JOSM on a lap top to be able to see the tags on POIs of interest. Maperitive can be used with different rule sets to display the map quite differently for those with cycling interests, or shopping interests etc. Cheerio John _______________________________________________ Imports mailing list Imports@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/imports
