On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 2:40 PM, SteveC <[email protected]> wrote: > Someone should be able to help on newbies... > > Yours &c. > > Steve > > > On Mar 7, 2010, at 5:14 AM, Nathan Lees wrote: >> Hi, Steve >> Firstly let me introduce myself, My name is Nathan lees and i am planning to >> setup a Horse Riding Based Mapping Service, I have been contributing to the >> openstreetmaps for a while now and believe this mapping system is perfect >> for what i need.
Hi Nathan, And welcome. Thanks for your contributions to OSM so far. You can add yourself to this mailing list using the link below. http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies What you ask about sounds like rendering custom map tiles. You want to show certain tags, and not others. That is typically a matter of rendering. So as, Openpistemap.org shows alpine ski trails and lifts Opencyclemap.org emphasizes bicycle lanes, bike racks and bike repair shops, you'll want to display perhaps blacksmiths, horse trails and stores that sell riding apparel. You have options as to how to start. A rough familiarity with the OSM tool chain is probably a good start. You'll find that interesting part is making your custom map tiles look the way you want them to look. From there, you'll want to give access to those tiles through your web site. And you'll probably want to encourage your riding community to add more data to OSM that you gain the benefit of improved maps over time. As for naming, I'd expect you to have free rein. (see what I did there!) You'll certainly want to give proper attribution to OSM for the data. There is some guidance on that in the wiki and the archives on this list. Best regards, and enjoy. _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies
