[OSM-talk] Freemap - OpenStreetMap for walkers (hikers) - feature ideas?

[Milo van der Linden]

Hello Nick,

Having an OpenStreetMap initiative specific targeted at (long distance) 
walking is great! But one question comes to mind:

- Right now it feels although the source is available like you are the 
only developer. Wouldn't you benefit from moving freemap development to 
the openstreetmap svn repository so others can help you? It would thrive 
discussion, create new insights and make life easier for you perhaps?

Kind regards,

Milo van der Linden

Nick Whitelegg wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> After a year or so of server memory issues causing problems with Freemap 
> (www.free-map.org.uk; currently maps are temporarily unavailable as I'm 
> testing one or two things; will be available from later this evening) I'm 
> aiming to re-vamp the site this year to use tiles generated by Mapnik at 
> home using a home PostGIS setup. The style of the maps will be more like 
> the main OSM Mapnik maps than the current, old-style Freemap tiles, but 
> with the addition of contours and with clear distinction between rights of 
> way and other paths.
>
> The only problem is that coverage may be restricted to a limited amount of 
> England with good OSM coverage, mostly the south of England but also the 
> Lake District, due to the sheer size of the data: if I tried to cover any 
> more, I would have to transfer an immense archive to the server which 
> would take an unrealistic amount of time. That said, the Freemap code 
> itself is open source and although Freemap itself is UK based though there 
> is nothing which inherently ties it to the UK: it could in theory be 
> deployed anywhere.
>
> What I want to do this year is to make a good go of developing Freemap to 
> make it an attractive-to-the-general-public "OSM for walkers" site - to 
> make it as attracitve to walkers as cyclestreets is to cyclists, for 
> instance.
>
> I have one or two ideas for the site but would like to get more. So if you 
> have any ideas as to what would make Freemap a really good OSM site for 
> walkers, do please let me know! Both mainstream website and mobile app 
> (Android or Java ME) would be good.
>
> Thanks,
> Nick
>
>
>
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