[HOT] HOT/HDM web rendering

[Banick, Robert]

Hi Yohan,

Fantastic! I’ve had numerous trainees complain about stuff not showing up on the map, and wow, this gets right at that. It also looks better than the default OSM tiles :-)

Totally agreed that a legend / map key is needed. The American Red Cross would be happy to help with making that if we can get specifications on what’s needed / how you’d like to see it.

Speaking of which, if we have anything else in mind that might merit a place on the map, would we be able to discuss with you all further and/or assist with symbology? We’re eager to be contributors and not just users.

Cheers,
Robert

Robert Banick | Field GIS Coordinator | International Services | Ì American Red Cross<http://www.redcross.org/>

From: Stéphane Henriod [mailto:s at henriod.info]
Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 2:51 AM
To: HOT at openstreetmap.org
Subject: Re: [HOT] HOT/HDM web rendering

Hi Yohan!
this is indeed amazing and exaclty what was needed! So many people have already complained that they digitize stuff "that doesn't appear on the map"!
I second David, once the icons and styles will be in reasonnably final stage, it would be necessary to have a map legend / key. And also maybe to host it on a server with a shorter / more explicit name (humanitarianmap.org<http://humanitarianmap.org>? or whatever in this direction). And, naturally, if there was a possibility to serve the whole planet file, it would be even more amazing! :-)
Very well done the CAP103 team!
Stéphane

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On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 8:18 AM, David Schmitt <david at black.co.at<mailto:david at black.co.at>> wrote:
Hi Yohan,

On 2013-06-20 23:00, Yohan Boniface wrote:
Hi Hotties,

It's time to introduce the work being done on a humanitarian (HDM)
specific rendering.

TL;DR: http://umap.fluv.io/en/map/hdm-first-draft_728

I will now share with you the work in progress on the web rendering step.

This web rendering has several goals:
One is simply to give editors a way to see the HDM OSM data without
having to use JOSM or a SQL console.
Another is to give humanitarian actors and developing countries a web
map that gives them the information they need, making OSM more and more
useful.
Finally, this is the occasion for HOT to have its own rendering, a nice
way to illustrate its work!

What does "highlight the HDM" means for a rendering? The main principle
is that each tag considered meaningful for the HDM should be rendered.
Here are some examples:
- road surface and smoothness are rendered (eg.
http://umap.fluv.io/en/map/hdm-first-draft_728#15/18.6665/-72.3048 where
a piece of the primary road is unpaved)
- water well are rendered (eg.
http://umap.fluv.io/en/map/hdm-first-draft_728#19/19.67901/-72.12665,
icons work in progress ;) )
- street lamps are rendered (same link)
- The craft tags are rendered
(http://umap.fluv.io/en/map/hdm-first-draft_728#19/19.67048/-72.12274)
- NGOs have their icons, for example:
http://umap.fluv.io/en/map/hdm-first-draft_728#19/19.75957/-72.20532
Also:
- terrain data is included (will be colorized:
http://umap.fluv.io/en/map/hdm-first-draft_728#11/19.5944/-72.1108)
- zoom until 20 is allowed: the goal is to enable mapping in very
detailed instances. For example, camps (fire hydrants are already
rendered:
http://umap.fluv.io/en/map/hdm-first-draft_728#20/19.76066/-72.20188 )

Very awesome indeed! I think it is a very important step for HOT to have the entered data visible on a map. It is necessary to both provide feedback to the editors as well as to have a simple and tangible result to communicate to people outside of the project.

Something I'm missing is a map key. It's hard to infer the actual state of a road from its color on the map, without guidance.


Keep up the amazing work :-)



Regards, David

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