[OSM-talk] Is there a OSM map viewer program to dynamically view OSM data?

[Tim Teulings]

Hello Wuzzy,

> I was wondering if there is some standalone application (preferable for
> PC) to view OSM data as a map, but dynamically and locally (not
> from some random computer on the Internet) rendered.

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> What I want is an application which renders OSM data directly and based
> on configurable user settings, i.e. switching on and off certain
> features (like country borders) is as simple as clicking a checkbox.

You build such a tool with libosmscout (libosmscout.sf.net). It is  
designed for offline mobile rendering, routing and location search.  
But of course desktop application can also be build :-)

Libosmscout allows you to generate a (local) database from a given  
*.osm.pbf file with a user definable content. You can then render the  
data in a map using a custom style which can render any subset of the  
data contained in the database. It would also allow you to modify the  
style sheet dynamically (at least this can be very easily added).

The current demo however only shows the main base features so this is  
not yet part of the demo, but a proof of concept should be very easy  
and quick to achieve.
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Gruß...
    Tim