[OSM-newbies] A working map of the greater metropolitan Cape Town area for a healthcare system simulator

[Jeremy de Beer]

Dear OSM members
My background is medical and not cartographic. I am 
sincerely hoping that someone might possibly be prepared to assist me and my 
US-based volunteer programmer with the ongoing development of our proposed 
freeware healthcare education application.
We are attempting to create a healthcare system 
simulator with the greater metropolitan Cape Town area as our geographic 
location (as Cape Town is my home city).  I have been most fortunate in 
obtaining a fairly detailed geocoded map of the area (courtesy of a University 
of Stellenbosch academic) depicting 320 suburbs (which is key to our healthcare 
system simulation model).  I have also painstakingly pasted together a couple of 
composite png images depicting the corresponding area of interest within the 
OSM.
[A series of Dropbox links to these files are 
listed below].
I am hoping that someone might possibly be prepared 
to assist us in creating a dynamic loading map onto which a series of iconic 
links to our proposed healthcare structures can be positioned (please refer to https://www.dropbox.com/s/5xdzs8hqggpq0jn/OpenStreetMap3.png for further relevant information).  The optimal format of such a map is open to 
debate - whether it is the default OSM (which tends to obscure the individual 
icons), a somewhat less cluttered version (that will further highlight the 
individual icons) or a rendered 3d image (which could appear stunning) 
....
Please note that the final (massive) image of the 
greater metropolitan Cape Town area extends somewhat beyond the initial geocoded 
map as we are potentially interested in adding some rural districts to the 
suburban healthcare regions.

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 https://www.dropbox.com/s/qbr5n9o4zafqwf2/HS.png 

[A copy of the latest version of a geocoded map of 
the greater metropolitan Cape Town area produced by a local University of 
Stellenbosch academic] 
 
https://www.dropbox.com/s/n72w6xjvqlwgefs/Health_Regions.xlsx 

[A copy of a slightly modified version of the 
original MS Excel spreadsheet for the above geocoded map]  

https://www.dropbox.com/s/notuzsvg27ci8qr/OpenStreetMap2.png 

[A copy of a composite Road map of the greater 
metropolitan Cape Town area (without any superadded healthcare facility 
icons)] 


https://www.dropbox.com/s/5xdzs8hqggpq0jn/OpenStreetMap3.png 

[A copy of a composite Road map of the greater 
metropolitan Cape Town area (with a series of superadded healthcare facility 
icons)] 
 
https://www.dropbox.com/s/y8ajkuehybmbsf6/OpenStreetMap.Big.png 

[A copy of a larger composite Road map of the 
greater metropolitan Cape Town area (without any superadded healthcare facility 
icons)] 
 

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We are hoping that someone will be able and willing 
to create a suitably detailed (and visually aesthetic) scenario map to 
complement our evolving Schematic World Map.
Btw: This request also appears here: https://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/26790/any-mappers-wish-to-become-involved-in-freeware-healthcare-education-application
With our kindest regards
Jeremy and Thomas
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