Put some comments in line against web-etiquette
My "killer" application to show them would be a single website that
combines the following functionality:
If you really want a killer App, you should make this in HTML5, which
brings local storage (offline use) and other goodies to make it feel
like an app on your smartphone, it's cross compatible , so Iphone
maniaks can use it as wel as Android nuts. You only develop it once.
a) walking routes (both knooppunten and local routes) with distance as
openwandelkaart.nl <http://openwandelkaart.nl>
b) background of hikebikemap.de <http://hikebikemap.de> ( I love the
hill shading) (and it's faster than openwandelkaart)
c) route creation as on wandelknooppunt.be <http://wandelknooppunt.be>
(not OSM based)
d) tourist information
d1) hotels, pubs, restaurants, attractions with links to their
websites & opening hours
(see openlinkmap.org <http://openlinkmap.org> and
http://www.netzwolf.info/kartografie/osm/time_domain/map_opening)
d2) the direct link to mijnlijn for busses (see openlinkmap.org
<http://openlinkmap.org>)
d3) historic buildings, etc as in
http://geschichtskarten.openstreetmap.de/historische_objekte/ with
images, wikipedia links (also in openlinkmap), protected monuments, etc.
d4) picnic sites, benches, sidewalks, road quality, other
information important to walking/hiking
I would not focus on getting only their data into OSM, (nor De Lijn,
nor Onroerend Erfgoed), but show an app that combines all this data
with the data we have today. It's the combination of all this data
that makes OSM great, not the individual pieces that each institute
has themselves.
Pretty good idea, I could actually do this, just trying to get my head
around the good old 'time' problem. points a, d1, d2, d3, d4 could be
easily done. That's what amenity's are for. Extracting the OSM data to
support this is quite trivial with Overpass API.
The opening hours is probably a more difficult part to tackle, there are
plenty of sites that deliver this, but where that data comes from, if it
is accurate and up to date is a big '?'-mark. I'm sure OSM data isn't
as detailed enough for this.
Concerning points: b and c, that will require figuring out where that
background comes from and look into some policies. Route creation, I'm
not sure why you mention not OSM based, but what I do know is that there
are quite some awesome open source routing implementations around that
could generate this.. Perhaps I don't quite get your idea behind it (Do
we 'invent' some routes, or do we just stock up known trails to follow).
The only non-technical thing I'm wondering about is , do you have some
sort of business idea behind it. If it were self-sufficient, so if in
some way a business model could make this pay for itself (in terms of
computer power behind it). Would love to hear it. But in essence, it's
just taking the very best stuff out of those different sites and mash it
into something better.
Glenn
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