[OSM-newbies] OSM and qualitative research around the world

[john whelan]

My initial take is you wish to be able to tag an area such as a
country with a value.  Basically you can draw four or more points on
the map and give it an area tag together with other tags to give it a
little more information.  http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:area
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:place%3Dcountry.  Be aware that
although there are accepted tags
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tags you could add others such as
qualitative_research_maturity and give it a value.  Technically I
think you can make a copy of OSM then use a python script to replace
tag values so that the countries are coloured according to their
maturity level.

Then the render engine has to pick up the areas and colour block the
country.  Reality take the raster render and use colour replacement in
a graphics editor such as GIMP or Paintshop pro to give the countries
the precise colour you desire.

Cheerio John

2009/11/12 SteveC <steve at asklater.com>:
> try
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>        http://code.google.com/apis/chart/types.html#maps
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> also newbies@ may be able to help
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> On Nov 11, 2009, at 4:33 PM, Susan Dart wrote:
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>> Dear Steve
>> I discovered OSM via the press and then wiki. It looks like a wonderful idea and I’m sure the world will respond to it.
>>
>> One thing I want to do with it to create a map of the world and colour-code each country based on the level of maturity (of the community) in the practise of qualitative research. This will help many academics, researchers, governments, vendors and not-for-profit organisations better support health care and other social science domains.
>>
>> Having read through OSM, POtlach and wiki, it is not clear whether, nor how, I can do this with OSM. I suspect I can do it but it’s not clear.
>>
>> Can you guide me on this please? For instance, the first thing I want to be able to do is take a map of the work and colour-code every country with red (undeveloped qual research), blue (developing community) and green (practising community).
>>
>> I appreciate your help and look forward to building a worldwide community for this domain
>> Regards
>> Susan
>>
>>
>> Susan Dart  Director Business Development
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> Yours &c.
>
> Steve
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