Re: [OSM-talk] my own map server

2010-04-04 Thread John Smith
On 4 April 2010 10:55, Timothy C Litwiller t...@litwiller.net wrote: I am wanting to teach a bunch of kids about mapping and also do some experimenting with out bothering real live data on OSM's servers. I've searched and not been able to find a list of what software I need to be able to do

Re: [OSM-talk] my own map server

2010-04-04 Thread Shaun McDonald
On 4 Apr 2010, at 07:34, John Smith wrote: On 4 April 2010 10:55, Timothy C Litwiller t...@litwiller.net wrote: I am wanting to teach a bunch of kids about mapping and also do some experimenting with out bothering real live data on OSM's servers. I've searched and not been able to find a

Re: [OSM-talk] my own map server

2010-04-04 Thread John Smith
On 4 April 2010 17:49, Shaun McDonald sh...@shaunmcdonald.me.uk wrote: There is a dev server at http://api06.dev.openstreetmap.org/ specifically for testing software etc. I'm not sure why he wants to run his own servers, but maybe he has non-OSM friendly sources of data.

Re: [OSM-talk] my own map server

2010-04-04 Thread Timothy C Litwiller
I have 30 kids in a social studies/geography class, that are very ambitious and interested in maps etc. and they need a place to play make their own roads etc Until they get the hang of it and the squabbles of who owns what roads and what gets mapped and what doesn't, there are a few bullies

[OSM-talk] my own map server

2010-04-03 Thread Timothy C Litwiller
I am wanting to teach a bunch of kids about mapping and also do some experimenting with out bothering real live data on OSM's servers. I've searched and not been able to find a list of what software I need to be able to do this or better yet a step by step guide to setup my own server. What I

Re: [OSM-talk] my own map server

2010-04-03 Thread Mike N.
What I want is USA - specifically Kansas - but the whole world is ok too if that makes setup easier. We are going to practice editing with JOSM and potlatch and for my own use I want to play with tracing farmers fields from data that my company's applicators collects when we apply

Re: [OSM-talk] my own map server

2010-04-03 Thread Mike N.
I have several old PC's and a fairly good understanding of linux, apache, mysql, php etc. There is a good step-by-step guide to get started at http://www.weait.com/content/build-your-own-openstreetmap-server-ubuntu-1004-lucid-lynx Also, the exact steps vary depending on your version of