[OSM-talk] Application idea - "OSMSiteMaker"

[Lester Caine]

Nick Whitelegg wrote:
> Was thinking that it might be an idea to develop an application to allow 
> people to set up their own local OSM-based sites for very local areas e.g. 
> 20x20 miles - in the UK, that could include, for example, the New Forest, the 
> Lake District or Manchester. I was thinking of the scenario where people 
> might not want to set up/be able to set up (due to their hosting) a full 
> PostGIS database, but could instead run a Mapnik-based site off shapefiles - 
> which, if I remember from tests, is efficient enough for a small area.
> 
> Does this sound a good idea?

Being able to extract a defined area would be useful rather than having to use 
the whole planet dump. But would dumping that as shape files really be useful? 
A set of local copies of the relevant tiles could be useful, but personally 
being able to run a fully editable map for say a local council - information 
from which could then be passed back to OSM - would be useful. They can then 
add private local data over the top which is allowed?

I've just progressed from postcode to LLPG address data, so a nice map is the 
logical follow on ;)

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