[OSM-talk] Enabling communities to use OSM as a planning tool

Tom Chance tom at acrewoods.net
Wed Jun 4 11:02:19 BST 2008


Hi Andy,

On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 08:54:53 +0100, "Andy Robinson \(blackadder-lists\)"
<ajrlists at googlemail.com> wrote:
> This brings me to the point though. Currently we map physical features as
> they exist and in some cases the alignment of known construction, what we
> do not do is use OSM as a planning tool. What are people's views on this?
It
> seems that OSM is an ideal platform for enabling communities to develop
> their own planning, without having to rely wholly on the GIS department
of
> their Local Authority, it also makes publishing ideas so much easier
> without the encumberment of the OS licence restrictions.
> 
> Anyway I'm going to give it a try here and come up with some logical tags
> so that the data does not get rendered by default unless a custom style
sheet
> is deployed. But maybe the easiest was is to have the renders ignore data
> that carries a specific tag. planning= perhaps?

I've had similar thoughts for our project in Sutton (London):
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/WikiProject_Sutton_England/OPL_map

We've been involved in the planning consultations and initiatives in
Sutton, and I'm making links with local transport interest groups. I think
the most likely avenue for us would be to use Feature Server and Open
Layers to let people scribble on a planning map, and to use a private copy
of the OSM database to imagine wider changes like adding new cycle paths
and changing the designation / layout of existing streets.

The scribble map could be a service someone sets up, where you could create
a new account and then have a new scratch pad to draw on top of the OSM
map. It would be great if you wanted to lead on this ;-)

The private copy has the advantage that you can just save an OSM file
somewhere and use JOSM & Osmarender, or if you want to collaborate then
you'd have to set-up a new OSM server copy. I think it's too much of a
burden to rely on a "planning=toms_new_idea" type tag, though maybe
"highway:planning=primary" would work?

Tom





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