I am trying to convince Kansas State University to do something similar! Unfortunately the last I heard on the subject was along the lines of "The OSM data is awesome... how do we get it into Google?!" So we'll have to see how that goes.
As Frederik has said, the OSM database is public and we like it that way. You should not use it as your private campus-wide data aggregation database. So for example, if someone maps all the phones, trees or light poles on campus then so be it. That is their right and you should absolutely not delete them. What you CAN do is add any good and valid data you have to the OSM database and then use that data, in addition to what others contribute for your own needs. The best way to deal with that is to render your own tiles. If you don't want to show phones on the base map then just don't render them. This has other advantages as well. One thing that my boss was concerned with was someone from the *other* school going into OSM and drawing lewd things on our campus map the night before the big football game. Obviously rendering your own tiles would prevent this. Plus, the tile usage policy of osm.org encourages you to render your own tiles anyway. The osm.org tiles are primarily for giving mappers feedback, not for end user consumption. The OSM infrastructure is not robust enough to support everyone sucking down tiles. MapQuest has stated that they don't mind people using their tiles from open.mapquest.com if you like their style. Here are a couple of links that I have come across while looking at this subject: OSM based map at the University of Maryland. Has a routing engine that can be tailored to route for foot or wheelchair (avoid stairs, inclines) http://seamster.cs.umd.edu:8090/map/index.html Campus map of a school in Switzerland: They pretty much only use OSM as a base map. Most of the magic is done in an overlay. It is amazingly detailed with routing to individual rooms via stairs or elevators if you check the "disabled" checkbox. I believe they use MapFish ( http://mapfish.org/ ) http://plan.epfl.ch/ Toby _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
