On Thu, Jan 06, 2011 at 06:19:09PM -0000, Rob Malpass wrote: > Hi all - happy new year > > > > I need a recommendation for some mapping software. If - having read the > following you conclude there's a website - that's fine - but I've not been > able to make Google maps do exactly what I want. > > > > For reasons I won't bore you all with, what I want to do is start with a > (physical) map of an area and gradually superimpose points and layers of > infrastructure. For example: > > > > 1) Pick a city like Manchester. > > 2) Find the town with best links for public transport. Problem 1 - most > bus / train maps I've seen are highly stylised. For example the London > tube map is more a diagram than an actual representation of how far from > Covent Garden to Picadilly Circus. I want something that shows these > lines. > > 3) Add on schools (I know Google maps does this) > > 4) Add NHS trusts - not just hospitals (I know Google maps can do this). > If I could find postcodes of all - is there an app / website / software to > overlay them? > > 5) Add Local Authority boundaries so I can tell whether my bins will be > emptied > > 6) and any other layer you can think of! ... broadband speed, dab coverage, > cable tv availability. > > > > A few years back, I used some closed source mapping software called Mapinfo > for Windows that got close to what I want (but my daughter was born half way > through the course so I missed the 2nd half!!). I've seen loads of > websites which collect links of open source GIS stuff but a recommendation > would be great. Websites or applications please - no mobile apps - this > sort of project doesn't lend itself to that - besides I don't have a 3g > phone.
I've not looked into it in detail, but OpenStreetMap may have much of this data, and data.gov.uk _may_ have some of the political/ administrative boundary data (although that's always been bloody hard to get hold of in my experience). Hugo. -- === Hugo Mills: h...@... carfax.org.uk | darksatanic.net | lug.org.uk === PGP key: 515C238D from wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net or http://www.carfax.org.uk --- Geek, n.: Circus sideshow performer specialising in the --- eating of live animals.
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