On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Peter Ross <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 7:57 PM, John Smith <[email protected]> wrote: >> Some of us were discussing making a custom hiking map styles on IRC >> earlier so we can print out such maps or use them in presentations to >> show bush walkers the potential of what they can get back out of OSM. >> >> I don't think any of us has had much to do with hiking maps, so is >> anyone on this list an experienced hiker that could help us come up >> with a suitable hiking map style sheet? >> >> I've also been playing with contour lines on OSM map tiles, but I >> think instead of cluttering up the common mapnik rendering this would >> be better in a hiking style. >> >> http://maps.bigtincan.com/?z=14&ll=-27.097,152.532&layer=B0000000000TT >> > I would suggest using the orienteering map style > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orienteering_map > http://www.orienteering.org/i3/index.php?/iof2006/content/download/866/4026/file/International_Specification_for_Orienteering_Maps_2000.pdf > > The advantage of the orienteering map style is that it emphasises > features which can be used for navigation and route planning. > Here is a simpler link to the various features
http://www.bendigo-orienteers.com.au/mediawiki/images/2/2b/OA_Map_symbols_for_Aust_maps_Jan_2004.pdf ps thanks for inspiring me to go orienteering again. _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
