Thanks for the response Richard. <div><br></div><div>I found the following site that does generate maps for cities: <a href="http://www.maposmatic.org/new/">http://www.maposmatic.org/new/</a>. 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. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Do you happen to remember the name of the company that's in SF? </div><div><br></div><div>-Samuel<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 2:16 PM, Richard Weait <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:richard@weait.com">richard@weait.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div><div></div><div class="h5">On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 8:12 PM, Samuel Mandell <<a href="mailto:shmandell@gmail.com">shmandell@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I'm designing a project whose goal is to prepare folks in my community for<br>
> disasters. An essential part of any disaster kit are maps of the local area<br>
> so that when electricity has gone out people can still navigate to specific<br>
> areas of the city (for instance to get supplies or medical help).<br>
> OpenStreetMap has comprehensive map data for my area (the San Francisco Bay<br>
> Area) and I'd like to use the mapping data to create maps for the various<br>
> cities to hand-out to residents. Since I'd need detailed (1:4800) of an<br>
> entire city I haven't been able to use the export tool since it seems to<br>
> have some built in limits to how large of an image it will generate (which<br>
> makes sense). For Mountain View, CA the image size we'd want to generate is<br>
> around 9409 x 11310 with a 1:4800 scale, in other words, very large. We<br>
> would then cut this into smaller squares and print it out in a booklet with<br>
> attribution to OpenStreetMap for the data and visuals.<br>
> What's the best way for us to generate these detailed maps of the various<br>
> cities?<br>
<br>
</div></div>Well that sounds awesome.<br>
<br>
You might try downloading an extract of OSM data for that area. You<br>
should be able to find an extract that deals with California, or the<br>
US West. That way you don't have to deal with an entire planet full<br>
of data. Then use Mapnik or one of the other rendering tools to<br>
generate your map. You'll likely want to adjust the style sheet to<br>
make it just right for emergency awareness.<br>
<br>
There is a company in SF area experienced in printing high resolution<br>
maps from OSM data. Perhaps they'll do it for you for free since it is<br>
such a worthy project?<br>
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