[OSM-talk] Custom paper map templates

[Graham Jones]

Hi Sam,
Sorry, I think I missed the point of your question - I thought you wanted
something automatic to save having to move things manually.

When I have just wanted a quick map with a few additions I have just used
osmarender and inkscape (I actually use the perl version of osmrender
because it seems to work more quickly for me).   I think I turned the
osmarender SVG file into a png 'canvas' to draw on.  Can OpenOffice not read
the SVG files to let you do the same?

Graham.

On 14 May 2010 07:09, Sam Vekemans <acrosscanadatrails at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi thanks,
>
> On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 10:10 PM, Graham Jones <
> grahamjones139 at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>> Sam,
>> It is probably worth a look at
>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_on_Paper if you haven't seen it.
>>
>> http://www.ancalime.de/gutau.html
> Seems to be a little closer, but it would just need an OpenOffice Draw
> file.  (so then i can easily move the boxes around), edit icons and change
> labels.
> This is more of the creative side, where software cant  make that happen.
>
> (the reason why, is that today i passed somone who was looking at a map,
> and it 'could' have used OSM, only the city outline was missing, (hopefully
> we'll get that in this year), but it was just the page layout that was
> different.   Many different printable maps can be made with the same basic
> layout.
> (ie.
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Compass_Rose#compass-rose-basic-thin-letters)
> having them all in 1 Oo Draw template file.
>
>
>
>> MapOsMatic <http://www.maposmatic.org> produces very nice output with a
>> street index, but you can not alter the output from the default style.  Townguide<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/TownGuide>is similar but adds selectable points of interest, but its output resolution
>> is not as high, so the maps do not look as nice.  However one of this year's
>> Google Summer of Code projects<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code/2010/AcceptedProjects>is looking at taking the best aspects of these projects to improve it and
>> add more features.   (ie,.
>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code/2010/AcceptedProjects/EasyPrintableMaps)
>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OpenPaperMaps
>>
> Good luck on those projects, i hope they chose to share what they make :)
>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>>
>>
> Cool, That gives me some ideas, and looks like
> http://www.ancalime.de/gutau.html is ccBYsa, so that helps too.
> Thanks,
> Sam
>
> Graham
>>
>> On 13 May 2010 22:53, Sam Vekemans <acrosscanadatrails at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>> I'm just wondering who all is working on making custom map templates?
>>>
>>> Walking-papers.org are great, but is only 1 style.
>>> I'm making Oo Draw files that just have the page layout, and all the
>>> basic map info, (legend, scale, title, directory, copyright line,
>>> border. # markers)
>>>
>>> The Mapgen.pl is for getting the osm map details out into SVG.
>>> So the ideas is that Oo is simpler to use than Inkscape, where simple
>>> 'prntScrn' can be done, where the monitor resolution is greater or
>>> equal to the actual page size.
>>>
>>> The purpose is to be able to print out free maps and give to any place
>>> that will make it available.
>>>
>>> So im looking for/making templates for cyclists passing through town/
>>> walkers looking for tourist attractions / pub 'inspectors' looking for
>>> pubs.
>>> .... And many other templates, were its easy to move the legend around
>>> and draw arrows & add in custom place markers.
>>>
>>> Is there a wiki page that organizes this info around?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Sam
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Dr. Graham Jones
>> Hartlepool, UK
>> email: grahamjones139 at gmail.com
>>
>
>


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Dr. Graham Jones
Hartlepool, UK
email: grahamjones139 at gmail.com
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