[OSM-newbies] "Fresh" map

[Craig Wallace]

On 2014-01-14 14:59, Peter O'Doherty wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> Is it possible to create a fresh (offline) map of a geographical
> location, a village or a neighbourhood for example, for use in an
> educational project where children create the map from scratch (using
> gps)? As opposed to editing or adding to an already existing map?

You could use JOSM, and just save your edits as an .osm file on your 
computer (without uploading to openstreetmap.org).
Then use something like Maperitive to render a map from this.

The disadvantages are you need to load the complete file into JOSM or 
Maperitive, so you are limited by how much memory you have. But should 
be fine for a reasonable size village or neighbourhood.
Plus if you are using multiple computers, you will have to copy the file 
between them (maybe use Dropbox or similar for this). And best to avoid 
multiple people editing at once, otherwise you end up with conflicting 
versions.

Craig