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

[Richard Fairhurst]

Nick Whitelegg wrote:

> 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?

Very happy with this.

NPE background and adding nodes are features I've got planned for  
core Potlatch anyway but you are very, very welcome to implement them  
before I do. :)

You can do pretty much anything in Ming as long as you don't mind  
using ActionScript 1 syntax. Adobe Flash speaks ActionScript 2/3, but  
AS2, at least, compiles down to the same bytecode - it's just a more  
up-to-date grammar. I prefer AS 1 personally!

The only non-Ming bit of Potlatch is the Yahoo API, which is supplied  
as a 'component' prepackaged for use in commercial Flash. You  
shouldn't really need to develop against this anyway.

More to follow on Potlatch later today, hopefully.

cheers
Richard