[OSM-talk] 'Distance to feature' maps?

[Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason]

On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 5:42 PM, Tyler<tyler.ritchie at gmail.com> wrote:
> This is generally the sort of thing done with a full blown GIS. Which is how
> I would approach it. Use OSM as a data file, stripping out all of the
> un-needed information, create a buffer around the schools of interest, maybe
> map registered sex offenders within the buffer (if you have the equivalent
> where you are) and all known hazards (I'd probably call unlit, unplowed or
> forest path hazardous), and then create maybe a heatmap of danger. All of
> this should be doable in something like QGIS.

I now have this image of a thematic map in my head which features a
frightened child walking through a freezing forest having to dodge
cougars, wolves and pedobears.