On Apr 15, 2012, at 4:45 PM, "Pierre Béland" <infosbelas-...@yahoo.fr> wrote:
> Let start from the beginning. What is the objective of OSM?
> A collaborative map of the world. Not a patchwork. We need a map with
> sufficient quality to support various projects.
To pick some nits: OSM is not a map, but a database that people can use to
create maps (and other things).
>
> And there are a lot of dynamic projects around like
> http://hiking.lonvia.de/en/ and http://hikebikemap.de/.
>
> See this nice nordic ski map derived from OSM :
> http://www.pistes-nordiques.org/
> It is more developped in Europe. So Zoom-in in this area to see trails in
> detail. And then, pass the mouse over trails. An Elevation Profile of the
> trail will be proposed.
Full ACK. I am currently on a bike trip from Montreal to Toronto. For that I
generated my own bike specific maps for use on my Garmin GPS. And that would
not have been possible without either the Canvec import (for most of the basic
road data) nor without all the work that people have put into surveying,
entering, editing all the bike-specific stuff to the database. So yay imports,
yay users! Let's just make sure that the imports are done well (case in point :
buildings from Canvec in Montreal are generally awful)
Harald.
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