On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 5:42 PM, Tyler<tyler.ritc...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is generally the sort of thing done with a full blown GIS. Which is how > I would approach it. Use OSM as a data file, stripping out all of the > un-needed information, create a buffer around the schools of interest, maybe > map registered sex offenders within the buffer (if you have the equivalent > where you are) and all known hazards (I'd probably call unlit, unplowed or > forest path hazardous), and then create maybe a heatmap of danger. All of > this should be doable in something like QGIS.
I now have this image of a thematic map in my head which features a frightened child walking through a freezing forest having to dodge cougars, wolves and pedobears. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk