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Nick Whitelegg wrote on 11/11/2010 20:40:
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Hi,
The "OSM for walkers" site Freemap now has a new home on the Swansea University Computer Society tile server... thanks to Chris Jones for the offer of space!
The site is still very basic at the moment, basically a slippy map and nothing else - though I'm aiming to add extra features when time permits (see the "Footpath reference numbers" thread).
I'm playing around with rendering styles at the moment. What I want to show is two layers: a bottom layer for the underlying path type (track, path, service etc) and a transparent upper layer indicating the access rights. This is working to some extent already: public footpaths are green, bridleways are brown, byways red, permissive footpaths cyan and permissive bridleways orange.
You can still access it at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.free-map.org.uk/">http://www.free-map.org.uk/</a> (you'll be automatically redirected). It might be a bit slow for the moment as many tiles haven't been rendered yet. Any comments on rendering style and improvements are welcome.
Nick
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As a keen walker who has developed my own walks and published them
for local consumption, I thought the OSM database was a great
opportunity for extending by adding route notes on intersections, so
it could automatically produce things like: "Just behind the wheelie
bin, through an overgrown hedge you should find a stile, bear right
after crossing."; "Continue on a NE bearing for 326.74 metres"; "At
Tŷ Bach Twt turn down the alley by the bike sheds" so it could
automatically produce walk instructions.<br>
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Just thought I'd say.<br>
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Spenny<br>
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