[OSM-talk] Application idea - "OSMSiteMaker"

[Nick Whitelegg]

>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, 

I was thinking of custom styles - if people wanted to use their own styles 
they might want to generate their own tiles rather than use the defaults.

>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.

Do you mean the ability to edit the roads, or just the POIs? The former 
would probably involve installing an editor like Potlatch locally whilst 
the latter would be (relatively) easy to implement.

Nick