[OSM-talk] Custom rendering of a small map

2010-06-06 Thread Seventy 7
Yes, Maperitive would be ideal. Although the SVG export is not yet done, quality (ie large) bitmaps can be done with a scale command to smooth out pixellation. http://maperitive.net/ Join the Google group and we'll help you out! :-) You might also like to have a look at Maposmatic

Re: [OSM-talk] Custom rendering of a small map

2010-06-06 Thread Seventy 7
...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Gervase Markham Sent: 06 June 2010 15:45 To: talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Custom rendering of a small map On 06/06/10 13:52, Seventy 7 wrote: Yes, Maperitive would be ideal. Although the SVG export is not yet done

[OSM-talk] How can we spread the tribal knowledge?

2010-05-18 Thread Seventy 7
Ævar wrote: You'll probably like this one better, it takes the concept of insert neat stuff here even further, just add imagination: http://v.nix.is/~avar/insert-neater-stuff-here.png Lol! Reminds me of a Dilbert cartoon The Technology Demo. Dilbert, the nerdy engineer, is presenting

Re: [Talk-GB] FW: State of play of OS Vector data

2010-05-09 Thread Seventy 7
mailto:o...@raggedred.net wrote: Seventy 7 wrote: Can someone tell us what's happening with the latest release of OS data please? When streetview came out there were quite a few emails about tiles being rendered for tracing etc but this time it's all been very quiet

[Talk-GB] National Byway cycle route

2010-05-08 Thread Seventy 7
I agree and I raised exactly the same question here http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?id=4141 I changed one of the loops to see if it would work but it was promptly changed back again. However, I still think that route=ncn is right. Perhaps we should vote? Steve

[Talk-GB] State of play of OS Vector data

2010-05-02 Thread Seventy 7
Can someone tell us what's happening with the latest release of OS data please? When streetview came out there were quite a few emails about tiles being rendered for tracing etc but this time it's all been very quiet! I presume someone somewhere is doing the vector data, but what about the

[Talk-GB] Help Needed

2010-05-02 Thread Seventy 7
The buildings have been tagged as both building=yes and landuse=residential and I think this will be confusing the renderer - landuse is used for areas and the buildings (and everything else) sit on top. So tag the general area as landuse=residential (a few ways to do this) and just tag the

Re: [Talk-GB] building shapes from OS Street View

2010-04-09 Thread Seventy 7
blatant lieYeah, me too. I was just about to do that!  /blatant lie Fantastic! - Original Message - From: Graham Jones To: TimSC Cc: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] building shapes from OS Street View Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 22:32:40 +0100 Hi Tim,That is

[Talk-GB] Strange OS choices

2010-04-07 Thread Seventy 7
What odd choices OS have made in releasing this data! I've not had a good look until now, so I've only just realised that they've had all these layers and decided which to release and which to remove. So they've removed paths but kept their names, removed parks but kept the water and wooded

[Talk-GB] Ordnance Survey

2010-04-05 Thread Seventy 7
... but there's a feeling that if we just dive in straight away and start tracing/importing willy-nilly we'll just shoot ourselves in the foot. Yes, but Tim only mentioned tracing, not importing. The Wiki is clearly out of date. It says that We are still assessing the open data releases but

[Talk-GB] Ordnance Survey

2010-04-02 Thread Seventy 7
I was going to say something like Double quick time?? We've been waiting over 28 hours!! ;-), but actually I know that as soon as these layers become available then editing will consume my life! So, no rush ;-) S - Original Message - From: Richard Fairhurst rich...@systemed.net

Re: [Talk-GB] XAPI lagging behind by days?

2010-03-23 Thread Seventy 7
What's happening with the imports at the moment, are they progressing? North Yorkshire would be useful for me, well York and the area north as far as Thirsk anyway (~ 25 miles). Regards, Steve - Original Message - From: Christoph Böhme christ...@b3e.net To: Tom Chance

Re: [OSM-talk] OSM for walkers / hikers - getting it going!

2010-03-13 Thread Seventy 7
So mtb:scale=5 would be a vertical cliff? Have you seen the video that plays in the Blacks outdoor shops?? Yes would be the answer! Incredible. -- ___ Surf the Web in a faster, safer and easier way: Download Opera 9 at http://www.opera.com

Re: [OSM-talk] JOSM will move to Java6

2010-03-11 Thread Seventy 7
grin :D Any clues or teasers as to what this might contain? - Original Message - From: Richard Fairhurst rich...@systemed.net To: talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] JOSM will move to Java6 Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:23:00 -0800 (PST) Frederik Ramm wrote: If you