AFAIK, OpenSeaMap is dedicated rendering based on the same OpenStreetMap database as the map of e.g. http://www.openstreetmap.org The OpenSeaMap project also defines certain tags that are only used for navigation on water. See [1] for more info on how it works.
So on one hand they are already combined (use the same database), but they are also separate (OpenSeaMap provides their own rendering of the data). regards m. [1] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OpenSeaMap On Thu, Jan 3, 2019 at 7:17 AM Arthur Geeson <ag200...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I would like to use the position data received from Automatic Identification > System (AIS) messages that are used for navigational aids for marine ships to > plot the position of these piles on the OSM but I am not sure if this would > be copy right information? > > Perhaps we could have a 'source - AIS' ? > > Looking at the OSM wiki I find that there is a 'man_made - beacon' tag. > Further searching I find there is an OpenSeaMap. I am not sure why we would > need OpenStreetMap and OpenSeaMap should these not be combined? However if > they are separate so be it. It would seem that OpenSeaMap has a number of > suitable icons but I was not able to search it. Basically AIS does not seem > to be supported on either of the maps. > > MarineTraffic.com uses the OpenStreetMap to display the positions of many > thousands of ships around the world based on AIS input. > > Is anyone able to help? > > Thanks - Arthur > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au