[OSM-talk] SotM '11 - Denver - The Map, before

[John Harvey]

Hey!

One of the things that really impressed me about SotM '10 (Girona) was 
how much the map of Girona improved in the weeks leading up to the 
event.  In a few short weeks, Girona went from a city with sparse 
buildings to a city with (apparently) every building mapped and an 
impressive number of trees mapped.

I wonder if Denver is going to undergo the same transform.

I make iOS offline maps.  (There are a lot of us out there).  I'm giving 
away (free as in beer) a iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch map of Denver for the 
next two days (Feb 13th and 14th).  You can download it here:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/20mb-denver-map/id386513939?mt=8&ls=1

My map tries to show more of the "deep" map - addresses on features, 
tags on POI's, shop=*, bike routes, places (Is_In) and so on.

Having looked around Denver, I notice a few things are different from 
most (US) cities I've seen.  More POI's have addresses in Denver than 
most US cities.  There are more microbreweries noted in Denver than any 
other city is the US (I count 4).  Denver seems to have fewer trailer 
parks marked as Hamlets than many western cities.  That said, Denver is 
still like a lot of US cities - I couldn't find a fuel station that 
lists which fuels are carried or many shops outside of the default 10 
rendered by Mapnik.

My hope is that you give my map application spin (If you have the 
hardware) and then when you are next mapping (where ever you map) you 
think a bit more about the deep data that OSM can hold.  I'm hoping that 
Denver does see a leap forward in the next few months and the 
improvements includes things that don't draw in current Mapnik style sheet.

John