[OSM-newbies] using openstreet software 4 Worldbuilding maps?

[Tom Sparks]

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> From: Bill Ricker <bill.n1vux at gmail.com>
>To: newbies at openstreetmap.org 
>Cc: Tom Sparks <tom_a_sparks at yahoo.com.au> 
>Sent: Monday, 12 December 2011 8:02 AM
>Subject: Re: [OSM-newbies] using openstreet software 4 Worldbuilding maps?
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>2011/12/11 Iván Sánchez Ortega <ivan at sanchezortega.es>
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>It's in Spanish, but I guess you get the idea: 
good read
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>With Chrome, Google Translate offers and delivers a passable translation.
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>yes, you can set up a rails
>>port, fill it up with the city map of an imaginary city, then render the
>>results.
are there other options besides ruby on rails like php
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> bootstrapping an entire planet might be a bit harder but yes.
have a look at the virtual terrain project (http://vterrain.org/) for papers and ideas

> Were I doing worldbuilding in this century, I'd do something like this.  Per notes on Ruby Port page, this is the one good reason for cloning the Ruby Port.
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>Bill
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