[OSM-talk] Generating a street directory from OSM?

[john whelan]

Maperitive can export a list of tags in comma delimited format, these
include street names so just edit the output.

Cheerio John

On 17 January 2011 21:00, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>  Wondered if anyone has ever put effort into producing a street
> directory from OSM data. For those in places where they're not common,
> a street directory is a bound book with numbered maps covering a city,
> at various scales. On the borders of each page are indications to the
> map that joins it (eg, "Joins map 53"). There are typically overview
> maps at the front, covering the whole city in two pages, and some
> touring maps at the end, covering the state or country, at very low
> detail. Sometimes there are special pages covering certain parts of
> the city at extra high zoom, like the CBD, universities, etc.
> Different formats suit different purposes: I have a Melway (roughly
> A4) and a much smaller UBD which can be held open in one hand (and
> consequently has hundreds of pages).
>
> Anyway it seemed like there would be some interesting technical
> challenges in producing such a thing, and making software to allow
> anyone to do this for their own city. Has anyone had a go?
>
> Steve
>
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