[Talk-GB] OS VectorMap District with LandForm Panorama contours overlay

[Phil Endecott]

Luke Smith wrote:
> Hi Phil,
>
> What did you use for the 3D render?

That's a screenshot from my "3D Lake District" iPhone app.

> The maps I've put together aren't using the VectorMap raster, so I have 
> the roads rendered above the paths - otherwise I'm sure things would be 
> all over the place.

Right, being able to render them under the OS data is certainly helping you.

> "Ben Nevis" etc is indeed coming from Strategi's selection of major 
> mountains and mountain ranges (got a few problems with accents there I 
> see). It's not great, but VectorMap District hopelessly misses out the 
> major hills altogether. The 50K gazetteer has them in, but far too many 
> points aren't categorised. Hopefully fixed in the next version. Text for 
> water features is a complete disaster in VectorMap, with the locations 
> being massively out and the text sizes being inconsistent, with many 
> rivers set to the same style as the North Sea etc.
>
> I had a meeting with OS on Thursday, where they seemed to think the 1st 
> April would see the next release of VectorMap District. I'm going to 
> render the whole country in the mean time (will take a few days) and 
> work out what all the problems are, then see what's fixed in April.

Good; I'd rather wait and hope that they've fixed things, rather than 
trying to work-around it somehow.


Regards,  Phil.