[OSM-talk-be] Meetup about rendering of maps

Pieter Brusselman pieter.brusselman at tragewegen.be
Thu Oct 5 09:06:38 UTC 2017


@Joost,

OK, you can do that.  But I need a short intro in Github.  Maybe 
wendsday evening?


Pieter Brusselman
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ter info: ik werk niet op vrijdag

Op 5/10/2017 om 10:48 schreef joost schouppe:
> Pieter,
>
> I could make a repository on our github page https://github.com/osmbe/ 
> for a QGIS project if you're interested.
>
> 2017-10-05 10:22 GMT+02:00 Jo <winfixit at gmail.com 
> <mailto:winfixit at gmail.com>>:
>
>     Hey, that is great news! I will also come to FOSS4G the day after
>     our Meetup. Somebody who uses Maperitive to render maps for the GR
>     guides will probably also join us on Wednesday evening.
>
>     Jo
>
>     2017-10-05 9:33 GMT+02:00 Pieter Brusselman
>     <pieter.brusselman at tragewegen.be
>     <mailto:pieter.brusselman at tragewegen.be>>:
>
>         Hi,
>
>         The last year we (trage wegen vzw) made a lot of maps based on
>         OSM-data using QGIS.  On octobre 26th we give a talk about
>         this on FOSS4G.  But I like to come to the meeting to talk
>         about this and sharing experience (and stylsheets :-))
>
>         Grtz,
>         Pieter
>
>         Pieter Brusselman
>         /Cartografie ~ Projectmedewerker/
>
>         (logo boompja) <http://www.tragewegen.be>
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>         ter info: ik werk niet op vrijdag
>
>         Op 5/10/2017 om 9:11 schreef joost schouppe:
>>         I like to use QGIS for basic stuff. E.g. use an open layers
>>         background map, and some data on top of that to highlight
>>         certain details. E.g. the maps in this diary were made with
>>         OSM data queried from overpass and some open layers map:
>>         http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/joost%20schouppe/diary/38103
>>         <http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/joost%20schouppe/diary/38103>
>>
>>         It's also relativly easy to use QGIS for rendering OSM data
>>         using a sqlite database (and that's easy to make within the
>>         package, based on a .pbf file). I don't have experience
>>         making a pretty map that way, but it can be quite useful to
>>         make maps highlighting specific kinds of data. E.g. maps like
>>         these are easy to make in QGIS:
>>         http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/joost%20schouppe/diary/40267
>>         <http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/joost%20schouppe/diary/40267>
>>         (though here the data comes from the osm-history toolchain,
>>         not just from a pbf file)
>>
>>         I think theoretically you could use QGIS and a stylesheet to
>>         make a pretty map from scratch, but haven't seen an example
>>         yet. And someone has been working for years on doing
>>         something similar in ArcGIS, and I don't think he released it
>>         yet.
>>
>>         2017-10-05 8:17 GMT+02:00 Jo <winfixit at gmail.com
>>         <mailto:winfixit at gmail.com>>:
>>
>>             Hi,
>>
>>             During the next Leuven Monthly OSM Meetup I would like to
>>             discuss rendering. I was using Maperitive in the past to
>>             create this:
>>
>>             https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/Pad_van_Ad_op_OSM.png
>>             <https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/Pad_van_Ad_op_OSM.png>
>>
>>             I know. I should update that map more regularly...
>>
>>             Would it make sense to try and use QGIS for rendering?
>>             Are there other solutions in the mean time?
>>
>>             Maybe somebody with more expertise in this would like to
>>             come and give a demo?
>>
>>             Jo
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