Hi guys, Just keep on sending ideas and suggestions. We'll be considering these during tomorrow's Hackday. :-)
Eugene On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 7:57 PM, Leonard Soriano <banito_pi...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Eugene, > > Magandang project yan! This is actually important as it can be used not only > for recreation purposes but even for search and rescue efforts. > > I am thinking, if we could start on a case site like a national park that is > frequently visited by visitors both seasoned and not seasoned climbers. For > example Mt. Pulag National Park. Given the traffic it gets the whole year, > the benefits of having a gps map of the park complete with trail and > waypoints has a very high potential. For the past years, I was doing trail > survey data with the UP Mountaineers and we have covered > Ambangeg/Ambaguio/Akiki/ and just recently Tinoc trail. > > For those people who might be interested, a DRAFT result of the trail survey > can be downloaded from this link: > > https://www.yousendit.com/download/MzZFblFKbWdoeVpjR0E9PQ > password: @MtPNP_Draft > > The trails are already in OSM and some of the waypoints. > > For the contour data, I do have a digital files based from NAMRIA 1:50K topo > maps and if our mappers would want to compile this, I can upload it somewhere > for downloads. > > Napapanahon itong idea na ito. > > --bunny > > > > --- On Wed, 16/2/11, rem zamora <pompy...@gmail.com> wrote: > > From: rem zamora <pompy...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [talk-ph] maps for mountaineers/ outdoor lovers > To: "Eugene Alvin Villar" <sea...@gmail.com> > Cc: talk-ph@openstreetmap.org > Received: Wednesday, 16 February, 2011, 4:18 PM > > eugene, > you got my point exactly! > been climbing mountains myself recently. last data uploaded by me in osm was > trail to summit in kanlaon via guintubdan trail. trail tracks are very useful > particularly in the outdoors. you need not rely 100 percent on the gps but i > feel safer with this info uploaded to my gps. > this is also helpful in search and rescue operations particularly in the > mountains where road maps are not that important. we need topo maps in these > mountains plus trail maps and waypoints. > i still havent uploaded my waypoints but i usually save campsites, water > source, rest stops, and other important points along the trail sucj as > landmarks. and of course the summits. (so when i hike with people who keep on > asking "are we there yet?" i can easily say we are about so and so kilometers > away and it will take us about so and so hours hehe) was able to do this > during recent climb to pulag :) > anyway i hope you guys (the compilers) hear me on this. :) i dont know if i > can learn the process but you can rely on me for data gathering :) > rem > > On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 12:06 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar <sea...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Well, if you want to get your hands dirty, you can actually DIY! The > Garmin maps are compiled using mkgmap and you just need the raw OSM > data (Geofabrik provides Philippine data extracts), the contour data > (maybe Maning can share his data, but they were made using Groundtruth > from NASA's SRTM data), and mkgmap itself (plus some learning time). > > But, we could additionally adopt your suggestion and consider adding > another Garmin map download which has the consolidated contours for > selected mountaineering peaks, and make the hiking/trekking trails > more prominent. A mountaineer's map anyone? > > Hmmm, thinking about it, I actually like the idea! Instead of > targeting only the car owners with the OSM Garmin map, we could also > "expand the market" and target also the mountaineering clubs. A Garmin > map that still contains roads (so the mountaineers can drive to the > base camps and jump-off points) plus prominent hiking trails and > contours would be a perfect addition. And if this map becomes popular, > then we have another potential source of contributors who can map the > rural and mountainous areas. :-D > > > On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 10:04 PM, rem zamora <pompy...@gmail.com> wrote: > > hey! just thinking aloud here. i know we have our osm map. and we also have > > the 10m elevation contour map of the country. what if... we can consolidate > > the two. in maning's page (http://esambale.wikispaces.com/osmphil_garmin) > > there is already an osm map with contour. i havent checked it yet but the > > note says it is only metro manila map and it might get too cluttered. > > maybe, we can, put osm map for the whole country, and then put contour maps > > for special places/mountains like apo, kanlaon, pulag, mayon, et.al. im not > > sure how this can be implemented but maybe, just maybe there is a way to put > > contour maps (just for certain areas where it can be useful) with street > > maps from osm. > > this will eliminate me having to put two maps in my gpsr and > > enabling/disabling the mamp whic is needed/not needed. > > just a suggestion guys :) > > > > -- > > Rem Zamora > > 0916-55-11-407 _______________________________________________ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph
