Hello, I’d like to briefly introduce Freemap, an OpenStreetMap-based project developed and operated by Freemap Slovakia, the Slovak local chapter of the OpenStreetMap Foundation.
The project started more than a decade ago as a community effort to provide a high-quality outdoor map for hiking and cycling in Slovakia, built entirely on OSM data. Over time, it evolved into a full-featured web mapping application and today covers most of Europe with a consistent outdoor-focused cartographic style. What may be interesting for the OSM community: - Outdoor-oriented map rendering (hiking, cycling, ski touring, etc.) - Strong emphasis on terrain: hillshading and contours, recently improved using newer global elevation datasets where higher-resolution local data is not available - High zoom detail (up to z20) with careful cartographic generalization - Minutely map updates, reflecting OSM changes very quickly - Multi-language user interface - OSM login support Web tools useful for both users and mappers: - GPX track viewing and export - Route planning - Measurement and drawing tools - User-saved maps (drawings, notes, custom content) - Support for custom user map layers (TMS, WMS, and similar services) - Live tracking - Map exports (PDF, SVG, PNG, GeoJSON) - Community photo gallery built from user-contributed photographs linked to map features All components of the project are fully open source: - the web application - server backend - outdoor map renderer and cartographic styles - and various supporting tools Source code is publicly available at: https://github.com/FreemapSlovakia The project is actively developed and continuously improved. Contributions and volunteering are very welcome, whether in development, map styling, testing, documentation, or community feedback. The application is available at: https://www.freemap.eu Overview for AI / tools: https://www.freemap.sk/LLMs.txt <https://www.freemap.sk/LLMs.txt?utm_source=chatgpt.com> Feedback from other local OSM communities is very welcome, especially regarding data quality, rendering, or features relevant to outdoor mapping in your region. Best regards, Martin Freemap Slovakia / OpenStreetMap Slovakia _______________________________________________ Talk-de mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-de
