[OSM-talk] [SPAM: 4.000] Freemap-NPE: OSM + New Popular Edition Mashup

[Steve Chilton]

Nick

This is really neat!
Looking at it I really want to know what the different path styles stand
for.
Can you add a static graphic at bottom right of marginalia to show the
"key"?
At moment you seem to be just showing the 4 classifications, so should
be easy till you start expanding the symbols.

Cheers
STEVE

Steve Chilton, Learning Support Fellow
Learning and Technical Support Unit Manager
School of Health and Social Sciences
Middlesex University
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email: steve8 at mdx.ac.uk

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Subject: [SPAM: 4.000] [OSM-talk] Freemap-NPE: OSM + New Popular Edition
Mashup


Would like to announce the first prototype of a project to overlay OSM 
footpath data on the New Popular Edition maps from npemap.org.uk, 
codenamed "Freemap NPE".

Based on the latest planet.osm, this renders anything with a highway tag

of footway, bridleway, cycleway or unsurfaced on top of the New Popular 
Edition tiles. Since many countryside areas haven't changed much in the 
last 50 years, this is arguably a useful navigation resource for walkers

and other countryside users.

In time, I intend add all the Freemap features to it, such as annotating

paths to indicate path blockages, interesting views and so on. 
What I would also like to do is use it as a means to add POI data, such
as 
pubs, to OSM.

It's available at

http://nick.dev.openstreetmap.org/openpaths/ 

(openpaths being another codename for the project)

Cartographic hints (e.g. better choice of colour scheme) welcome. It's
not 
slippy yet, it basically uses the same sort of interface as
npemap.org.uk.

As an aside BTW, with the twin announcements this week of the nestoria 
tiles and the NPE maps, I intend to discontinue development of the
Freemap 
renderer unless people see a need for it - and instead focus Freemap on 
osmarender or NPE derived base maps.

Nick





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