We are trying to stimulate some local expertise up here to complement our surveying and increasing contacts with public sector bodies which will soon produce demands to produce more customised maps from our data. So we have got a small local TV production company(based in the centre of Birmingham) to donate us their conference facilities for a day on Saturday May 22 and wehave produced the following outline agenda<br>
<br>Proposed outline of topics. It is a bit ambitious and we<br>
probably cannot include all of it in one day. It really depends on<br>
finding people with knowledge in the different areas.<br>
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1. A short introduction to free Maps and OpenStreetMap in particular<br>
- using datasets (<a href="http://data.gov.uk/" target="_blank">data.gov.uk</a>)<br>
- Ordnance Survey mapping (trace, import).<br>
- expand on use scenarios like footpaths and cycleroutes<br>
- customisation potential of OSM<br>
- perhaps including the license topic (see point 7) here?<br>
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2. The Basics: Adding a map to your website<br>
- How to use OpenLayers to embed a simple slippy map on a website.<br>
- Using different maps (Mapnik, Cyclemap, etc)<br>
- Adding basic map controls (scale, pan/zoom, permalink, etc)<br>
- Mention: Plugins for Wordpress, etc<br>
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3. Advanced maps<br>
- Using Nominatim to find locations or to do reverse geo-coding<br>
- Display information on top of the map (markers, lines, photos, ...)<br>
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4. Creating custom map styles<br>
- Cloudmade's style editor<br>
- Create map styles with mapnik<br>
- Overlaying transparent map layers<br>
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5. Beyond maps: Accessing the data<br>
- Using XAPI and SSS for overlays<br>
- Routing<br>
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6. Mobile Maps<br>
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7. The License<br>
A short explanation of what the current license mean for developers<br>
and what will change with the ODBL.<br>
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These topic do not really fit with the web developers scheme of the<br>
day but might neveretheless be interesting for some:<br>
- Creating maps for GPS devices<br>
- Printing large scale maps<br>
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Session four and five could perhaps be done in parallel.<br><br>Session 1 and 2 being introductory could be offerd for the morning and th more advanced stuff for the afternoon so that potentially 2 different groups of developers/mappers could be catered for and eacxh night only have to give up half a day<br>
<br>What we don't have is anyone with sufficient depth of knowledge or experience to deliver any of this stuff So anyone like to volunteer to deliver some of this ( or suggest any other topics which would be OK for an introductory day?<br>
<br>Regards<br><br>Brian<br>