[OSM-talk] mapping libraries

Graham Seaman graham at theseamans.net
Sun Nov 29 19:37:23 GMT 2009


Richard Weait wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 7:09 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves <lawgon at au-kbc.org> wrote:
>   
>> On Sunday 29 Nov 2009 5:38:19 pm Graham Seaman wrote:
>>     
>>> I have a requirement to provide maps for libraries (buildings with
>>> books, not software libraries..), needing to be able to zoom in to shelf
>>> level. I wondered about leveraging the osm tools for this, and using an
>>> osm mapserver to provide the maps. Possible or mad? Has anyone ever done
>>> anything similar - internal maps for any types of building? ('open
>>> corridor map' maybe ;-)
>>>
>>>       
>> no big deal - zoom level of 22-24 should handle it - although you cannot use a
>> GPS instrument, a measuring tape would do the trick.
>>     
>
> You will have to decide how to address multi-floor libraries, as OSM
> does not currently handle this well.  OpenLibraryMap sounds like fun.
>   

Yes, it's the kind of issue that makes me wonder whether osm is overkill
for this. My first library has 3 floors (the next has mezzanines too..).

I started a wiki page to think about this kind of thing. It's at

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OpenLibraryMap

Any comments welcome - I don't know enough yet to know if this is going
to be remotely practical.

There's another related wiki page live at:

http://www.mashedlibrary.com/wiki/index.php?title=Mapping_the_library

Cheers
Graham





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