[OSM-talk] Producing countryside maps (was: Re: Bringing OSM to walkers - countering negative attitudes)

[Nick Whitelegg]

On Sunday 06 May 2007 16:38, you wrote:
> I don't think this kind of reaction is unique to walkers .. it's been years
> of hard work advocating and convincing by Steve and everyone, that OSM is a
> legitimate serious endeavor. Even Wikipedia is constantly coming up against
> the same tired arguments, and slowly convincing.


Was thinking about this most of the afternoon while.... erm... mapping more of 
the New Forest. Have been trying to decide which would be best out of 
developing my own countryside orientated editor or modify Potlatch to produce 
a countryside focused editor which could be used to draw features on NPE 
maps, lower-res countryside Yahoo imagery (good enough for many field 
boundaries - just) and also show SRTM contours.

Maybe with the dev weekend developments modifying Potlatch would be best to 
produce a custom countryside version. This could also allow adding nodes 
(e.g. summits) as well as ways. Richard - are you happy with this? Will ming 
(as opposed to commercial Flash) suffice?

Nick