Hi Andy,<br><br>thanks for the reply and thanks for the links. To give more detail, I am an artist and I'm wanting to map points of African-Caribbean culture initially in my city. I want to do this by using key drawings that I am creating instead of the icons already featured e.g. arrows and dots. Does this make it clearer?<br>
<br>Cheers<br>Kat<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 9:33 AM, Andy Robinson (blackadder) <<a href="mailto:blackadderajr@googlemail.com">blackadderajr@googlemail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
kat Anderson wrote:<br>
>Sent: 07 March 2008 8:47 AM<br>
>To: <a href="mailto:talk@openstreetmap.org">talk@openstreetmap.org</a><br>
>Subject: [OSM-talk] Street mapping novice needs some help<br>
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>Hi,<br>
><br>
>I am new to the world of street maps. I am wanting to create my own key<br>
>and use osm as an overlay, does anyone know how to do this?<br>
<br>
</div>You probably need to explain a bit better what you are wanting to do here so<br>
that someone can better answer.<br>
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>Also I'm trying to set up a website with osm maps integrated within it as<br>
>opposed to just hyperlinks to maps. Is this possible and if so can anyone<br>
>explain the best way to do it?<br>
<br>
</div>Embedding OSM maps where the map tiles are provided by OSM is ok as long as<br>
it's not going to see heavy use. If you expect a lot of visitors then you<br>
need to generate and host your own map tiles created from the OSM data.<br>
<br>
For more on setting up a slippy map check out:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Deploying_your_own_Slippy_Map" target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Deploying_your_own_Slippy_Map</a><br>
<br>
For info on rendering your own tiles check out:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Mapnik" target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Mapnik</a><br>
<br>
Cheers<br>
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Andy<br>
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