Hi Dave, Thanks for this - Derrick's visualisation for the work in Galway is exactly what we were thinking of.
I'll get in contact with Derrick in the next few days. I know there is probably a way of generating one large Mapnik image from an OSM XML file - but I've had a lot of trouble trying to get Mapnik installed and working. Peter On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 12:03 AM, Dave Corley <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Peter, > > I noticed a bit of activity around Maynooth :) > > In the past, I've asked Derrick Rethans to make time lapse videos for > various projects > > 2 for Lesotho > https://vimeo.com/102661438 > https://vimeo.com/102170834 > > And 1 for Galway > https://vimeo.com/62612875 > > You usually just need to supply him with a bounding box and the dates > from/to > > It's better if you contact him ahead of the start date but I think he can > work back. > > You should be able to get a hold of him through twitter @derickr > > There are other ways of doing it yourself, but I'm afraid I can't help > there. > > Dave > > > On 2 Mar 2017 19:08, "Peter Mooney" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > At the Dept of Computer Science here in Maynooth University I currently > have two undergraduate students working with me on an internship project. > One of the key tasks in this project is to update existing data and > contribute new data to OpenStreetMap in the University. Our focus is > mapping the changes around the two campus from local knowledge and > on-the-ground survey. So we are mapping everything from our new buildings > to litter bins, trees, lampposts and sundials! In summary Barry [ > http://hdyc.neis-one.org/?barry23] and Stephen [ > http://hdyc.neis-one.org/?Stephen_Fay] have really embraced the challenge. > > On a daily basis we have a Python script which downloads the OSM XML for > Maynooth and stores this file. > > At the end of their project (late April) we'd like to create a > visualization of the changes in the University OpenStreetMap map - maybe on > a weekly basis (or even daily) - for the duration of the internship. > > Has anyone on the IE list done this before? Can anyone give us some > pointers on what the best approach should be? We're considering Mapnik and > Maperative. Something we could script with Python or similar would be > great. > > Thanks in advance, > > Peter > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ie mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ie mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie > _______________________________________________ Talk-ie mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie
