[Talk-it] Velomap!

[Federico Cozzi]

Il mitico Extremecarver, autore di openmtbmap, l'ha fatto di nuovo!
Ora la velomap è simile alla mtbmap ma più orientata al ciclismo su strada.

Ancora in versione preliminare ma promette bene...

Ciao

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Date: Sat, May 1, 2010 at 7:06 AM
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Map Updates 30.04.2010 and Launch of
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Posted: 30 Apr 2010 07:53 AM PDT

First to the map updates. The main change is that routing had been a bit
broken using motorcar/motorcycle as mkgmap had dropped some functionality.
So if you wondered why you were sent onto big roads instead of perfectly
suitable pathes, try out the new maps (broken since 2 or 3 updates).
 Also I updated the polygon colors a tiny bit again and a bit better
secondary scaling.

The big update however is that I launched a new map/page … Velomap.org:
VeloMap.org <http://velomap.org> – the new map from openmtmbap.org for
cyclists and racing cyclists…

VeloMap.org <http://www.velomap.org> brings you the best map for casual
cycling, commuting to work, or race cycling. Openmtbmap.org is one of the
most used maps based on Openstreetmap and has focussed on hikers, mtbikers
and cyclists. This however ment lots of additional information without much
use for onroad cycling. Also Autorouting for cyclists can be still a lot
better if one excludes small trail and tracks.


With the advent of VeloMap.Org maps, I will change the focus of the
Openmtbmap to be much much more offroad focussed (so much gnarlier trails….)
while offering a second map for normal cycling or roadbiking. With
VeloMap.org maps, autorouting now works over much much longer distances.
Some Features below:




Autorouting

*Autorouting* using  Mapsource 6.16 or Basecamp v3 up to *400km* trip
distance without via-points. Around 200-300km with Oregon/Dakota/new
Generation etrex/GPSmaps. Up to 100km on old generation GPS like
Legend/Vista HCx using small streets and cycleways.

Shorter Distance shorter than on any other Garmin map I have tried. Faster
time again find nicer routes.


Map Layout

The maps appear a bit cleaner than the openmtbmaps. They are still 100%
optimized for readability on GPS. This means high-contrast and on a big
screen takes some time getting used to it. Be assured that on the GPS maps
therefore are very well readable.


Download

I have put three sample maps up. Theese are the four most often downloaded
country maps on http://openmtbmap.org

Germany: http://openmtbmap.x-nation.de/maps/velomap/mtbgermany1.7z.zip

Austria: http://openmtbmap.x-nation.de/maps/velomap/mtbaustria1.7z.zip

Switzerland:
http://openmtbmap.x-nation.de/maps/velomap/mtbswitzerland1.7z.zip

Bella Italia: http://openmtbmap.x-nation.de/maps/velomap/mtbitaly1.7z.zip(soon
if not yet online)


Development / Future

I cannot render the maps on my own PC (or I could, but already the
openmtbmaps take too much time to upload and creation/upload blocks my PC
for around 16 hours). I will ask for having them rendered on the Fossgiss
(Stratos) Server. Only If they can be rendered there, or someone else
provides a server where I can render them – they will be updated.

I think that Autorouting is at around 80% of it's best possible working –
however finetuning will take loads of time. The style-file is opensource,
hence you can help. Depending on the input I could agree on having a
seperate POI / Polygons file from the openmtbmap (the needed adjustments are
not big, but there could be even bigger time penalties for traffic_lights,
or less focus on alpine features, like alpine_huts).



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