The process of creating map tiles from Ordnance Survey StreetView in our required format is now largely complete (zoom 17 tiles not yet available) and can be viewed here:
http://os.openstreetmap.org/ These tiles can now be used as a backdrop in editors. However before you start editing, please consider the following: 1. Don't assume the OS data is either correct or up to date. Use it as a guide and additional resource for your mapping, not a replacement. 2. Please add source tags to any data you add to OSM from OS StreetView. See the tag suggestions: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Ordnance_Survey_Opendata#Attributing_OS 3. If you're tempted to map in an area you're not familiar with, contact any local contributors first. Please don't alienate other contributors by treading on their toes. They will know their local area better than anyone else. 4. Look for places that have been mapped using Yahoo! imagery and don't have road names. This is a good place to start. 5. Avoid simply duplicating OS data in blank areas of OSM unless you're familiar with the area and don't have access to other resources such as a GPS. 6. In May the OS will release a further vector based product which may provide better data for buildings than tracing from OS StreetView. You might want to hold off tracing buildings until the details are confirmed. How to make use of these tiles: Potlatch: When the next version of Potlatch is live, you can just select 'UK: OS StreetView' from the background menu in the options box. Until then, just add this custom URL: http://os.openstreetmap.org/sv/!/!/!.png JOSM: Create a new WMS layer with the following url: http://os.openstreetmap.org/wms/map.php?source=sv& or alternatively use the SlippyMap plugin for which you can find instructions of how to add custom tile sources at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/JOSM/Plugins/SlippyMap#Custom_tile_URLS with http://os.openstreetmap.org/sv/ as slippymap.custom_tile_source_1.url Merkaartor: 1) In the Tools menu, open the TMS Servers Editor. 2) Add the following: Name: OS Street View Server address: os.openstreetmap.org Path: /sv/%1/%2/%3.png Tile size: 256 Minimum zoom: 6 Maximum zoom: 16 Hit 'apply' and add the new TMS to a map layer. You can find out more about the OS OpenData products on the OSM wiki here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Ordnance_Survey_Opendata And finally a vote of thanks to all those at the OS, past and present, who created the data originally and to the OSM folks who have worked hard over the last few days to create the tiles, especially Grant, Richard, Thomas and TomH. Apologies if I have missed anyone out. Cheers Andy _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb