Re: [OSM-talk-be] Support OSM in public administration (economy)
On Mon, 8 Mar 2010, Nicolas Pettiaux wrote: > Unfortunately, I have no experience with the layers that could be used > (some good examples, for someone who likes to ski, cycle or sail like > Jean are http://openpistemap.org/ et )http://www.opencyclemap.org/ and > http://www.openseamap.org/) > > I suppose some examples of the use of layers and how to use them can > be found at > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OpenLayers ( who has used them ?) > Taking apart the sites that you mention as examples from the html and javascript perspective is not too hard. It is a good idea to suggest looking at http://tile.openstreetmap.nl (view source with CTRL-U in firefox) and by extension http://openfietskaart.nl/index.html. There are people in the Netherlands that host this server and can be reached on the talk-nl mailinglist and through the IRC #osm-nl for technical osm related things. And please have them post here too of course :) When these people want to start rendering their own layers on top of openstreetmap data as a first attempt, they must look into a combination of mapnik + mod_tile + apache http server. mapnik is able to read data from shape files, postgres/postgis database, gdal, ogr and some more data sources. Kind regards, Ivom ___ Talk-be mailing list Talk-be@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-be
Re: [OSM-talk-be] New project
Ben Abelshausen wrote: > - How is the map evolving (specifically in the area of flanders). Are there > lots of mappers? How accurate are the maps already? Depends of course. Some cities like Antwerp are almost complete, but if you look to neighbouring municipalities it's not difficult to find missing streets. And then there are areas where coverage is very basic. It all depends on where the mappers are of course, and since cities have more inhabitants, chances of finding them there are bigger... Putting a number on the mappers is very difficult. > - Is it usefull to upload just the gps traces and can we then count on the > OSM-community to name the streets etc...? Do you have the street names yourself when you make the traces available? If not, it'll probably sit in the database until a mapper visits the place himself, and if those places are remote, it can take a long time. If you do have the street names something may have to be set up which would just allow mappers to go through the database and add the data to OSM in a more systematic way. > - Is it ok to just start using the data? Almost all software will be custom > developed. Yes sure, that's why this project is there: make map data available that anyone can use without (almost) any strings attached. Greetings Ben ___ Talk-be mailing list Talk-be@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-be
Re: [OSM-talk-be] New project
2010/3/11 Ben Abelshausen > Hi all, > > I may have the opportunity to contribute to OSM in a pretty extensive way > but i'm not sure if it is doable or usefull. > > We are a delivery company and we have distribution rounds but they are > stricly abstract; no mapping is involved, just lists of streets. We want to > import these round into a mapping system to calculate possible times, > distances, related costs, etc...We would do this by physically giving the > deliverers a gps-tracing device and importing these traces into the system. > Once for each round. We would redo this when new streets are needed that are > not on the map. > > Because we are a small company we will not be able to buy maps so OSM is > the best option for us. We want to contribute by uploading our gps traces. > > Now i have a few questions is this regard: > > - How is the map evolving (specifically in the area of flanders). Are there > lots of mappers? How accurate are the maps already? > I think the map is 100% accurate, but not 100% complete. The bits and pieces that are there are correct, but not all bits and pieces are on the map yet. Concering Antwerp: > 90% is done i think. > > - Is it usefull to upload just the gps traces and can we then count on the > OSM-community to name the streets etc...? Yes please. -- wannes ___ Talk-be mailing list Talk-be@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-be
Re: [OSM-talk-be] New project
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Ben Abelshausen wrote: > - How is the map evolving (specifically in the area of flanders). Are there > lots of mappers? How accurate are the maps already? I'm not very knowledgeable, being from the Netherlands myself, but I would say: variable. Some cities and villages have been mapped in exquisite detail (for example, if a street in Antwerpen is not on OSM, it must be because it doesn't exist), others leave quite a lot to be wished for. > - Is it usefull to upload just the gps traces and can we then count on the > OSM-community to name the streets etc...? We have few people and even less > time to start naming all the streets. Are there perhaps people that want to > do this or will we have to do this mostly ourselves? The data would be > gradually available over a period of about six months. As they say, "baat het niet, dan schaadt het niet". They might just sit and wait on the server, but they might also be picked up by someone. > - Is there a standard way of adding housenumbers (or ranges of) to the map? Yes, there's a tag "addr:housenumber" that can be put on a point. For ranges, one can put the range on the point, or use the interpolation from the so-called Karlsruher schema, see http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/House_numbers/Karlsruhe_Schema > - Is it ok to just start using the data? Almost all software will be custom > developed. Definitely! It's nice to have a map to look at, but so much better to have a map that people actually use! -- André Engels, andreeng...@gmail.com ___ Talk-be mailing list Talk-be@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-be
[OSM-talk-be] New project
Hi all, I may have the opportunity to contribute to OSM in a pretty extensive way but i'm not sure if it is doable or usefull. We are a delivery company and we have distribution rounds but they are stricly abstract; no mapping is involved, just lists of streets. We want to import these round into a mapping system to calculate possible times, distances, related costs, etc...We would do this by physically giving the deliverers a gps-tracing device and importing these traces into the system. Once for each round. We would redo this when new streets are needed that are not on the map. Because we are a small company we will not be able to buy maps so OSM is the best option for us. We want to contribute by uploading our gps traces. Now i have a few questions is this regard: - How is the map evolving (specifically in the area of flanders). Are there lots of mappers? How accurate are the maps already? - Is it usefull to upload just the gps traces and can we then count on the OSM-community to name the streets etc...? We have few people and even less time to start naming all the streets. Are there perhaps people that want to do this or will we have to do this mostly ourselves? The data would be gradually available over a period of about six months. - Is there a standard way of adding housenumbers (or ranges of) to the map? - Is it ok to just start using the data? Almost all software will be custom developed. Part of our descision to go for OSM depends on the community that exists already. If this project succeeds we would be adding over 4 streets to the map (and possibly much more) so it's at least worth considering! This project is just starting so any suggestions, remarks,... are more than welcome! Met vriendelijke groeten, Best regards, Ben Abelshausen ___ Talk-be mailing list Talk-be@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-be
