On Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:32:16 +1000 mick <bare...@tpg.com.au> wrote: > On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:40:14 -0400 > <gregory.wil...@hamptonu.edu> wrote: > > > I am attempting to use QGIS to create hotspots for location homeless in > > Williamsburg Virginia,USA. I am sure such a remote area of the USA would > > not be in your gis data. The map would have to have some detail due to > > some of the hotspots having to cover wooded areas. Can you suggest a > > site or tutorial that would show me the data format I would need to > > conform to so that QGIS could read it? > > > > > > > > I am going to attempt to acquire the gis database coordinate data from > > either local or federal government sources. Thanks for nay help you can > > offer > > I can't say for sure if it has the detail you require but it might be worth > checking OpenStreetMap ( > http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=37.8646&lon=-78.1928&zoom=14&layers=M ) as > a starting point. > > mick Sorry, that was the wrong place, try this: http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=37.2787&lon=-76.7034&zoom=13&layers=M
forgot to mention that data is held for objects that are not rendered on the map shown, either export a section if its not too big (50,000 nodes) or try http://download.geofabrik.de/osm/north-america/us/virginia.osm.bz2 for the whole state then use the OSM plugin to import to QGIS and save as a shape file so you can edit it (e.g. crop to a more relevant subset) _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
