On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 6:34 AM, Glenn Powers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello! I like to map things. I think the first map I made was for "Cave > Adventure" on my Apple //c. I first learned about OpenStreetMap four > years ago in Brussels @ VJ8. I'm still a newbie. After reading the osm > wiki for the n-th time today, I finally figured out how cool osmarender is! > > I'm particularly interested in using GPS synchronized 3D magnetometers > (RubiSyncs) to make maps. I have some ideas on how to do this on my wiki > at http://meaning.com -- basically, RubiSyncs are like extremely > accurate metal detectors. > > Although, right now I'm still trying to figure out how to get a "slippy > map" working with a mysql 5.0 database, osmosis and osmarender.
You should have a look at the [EMAIL PROTECTED] project if you are interested in helping create an osmarender-based map. It's extremely CPU intensive so the only practical way to do this is by teaming up with other people to make the map. Alternatively, I can highly recommend investigating postgis+mapnik+mod_tile, which is a much more efficient set of technologies for making large-scale slippy maps and allows you to create a world-wide map using only one machine. This technology stack is what powers tile.openstreetmap.org, the cycle layer and the different layers from CloudMade, amongst others. Both are documented on the wiki - good starting points are: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tiles%40home http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mapnik Thanks, Andy _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies
