[OSM-newbies] Rendering on the PC

[Craig Wallace]

On 12/04/2010 18:39, john whelan wrote:
> A sensible suggestion so I've added a project "Off-line rendering".
>
> Technically from an end user point of view this is doable today by
> downloading an OSM file from time to time.  That would give 90% of the
> traffic savings.  The mechanics of exactly how its done don't matter
> that much to the end user and an OSM file that is three months old in
> actually more up to date than a paper map.
>
> It needs something such as Maperitive to do the rendering, and that
> needs a bit more work on it to complete it.

Another option for using OSM maps offline is to download the maps in 
Garmin format, then use them in software like Garmin Mapsource or 
QLandKarte GT.
Its not exactly rendering, more just viewing vector data. So the maps 
won't look the same as they do on the OSM website. Though you can 
customise this a bit with TYP files and style files etc.

Also, it means you can do routing and searching etc.


Craig