Thanks for the response Richard. I found the following site that does generate maps for cities: http://www.maposmatic.org/new/. The issue here is that we'd need to change the style sheet to format for printed pages instead of a 4' x 8' map. Creating our own style sheet is definitely also a possibility as well.
Do you happen to remember the name of the company that's in SF? -Samuel On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 2:16 PM, Richard Weait <rich...@weait.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 8:12 PM, Samuel Mandell <shmand...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I'm designing a project whose goal is to prepare folks in my community > for > > disasters. An essential part of any disaster kit are maps of the local > area > > so that when electricity has gone out people can still navigate to > specific > > areas of the city (for instance to get supplies or medical help). > > OpenStreetMap has comprehensive map data for my area (the San Francisco > Bay > > Area) and I'd like to use the mapping data to create maps for the various > > cities to hand-out to residents. Since I'd need detailed (1:4800) of an > > entire city I haven't been able to use the export tool since it seems to > > have some built in limits to how large of an image it will generate > (which > > makes sense). For Mountain View, CA the image size we'd want to generate > is > > around 9409 x 11310 with a 1:4800 scale, in other words, very large. We > > would then cut this into smaller squares and print it out in a booklet > with > > attribution to OpenStreetMap for the data and visuals. > > What's the best way for us to generate these detailed maps of the various > > cities? > > Well that sounds awesome. > > You might try downloading an extract of OSM data for that area. You > should be able to find an extract that deals with California, or the > US West. That way you don't have to deal with an entire planet full > of data. Then use Mapnik or one of the other rendering tools to > generate your map. You'll likely want to adjust the style sheet to > make it just right for emergency awareness. > > There is a company in SF area experienced in printing high resolution > maps from OSM data. Perhaps they'll do it for you for free since it is > such a worthy project? >
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