Nick Black wrote: >Sent: 23 September 2008 9:37 AM >To: Steve Chilton >Cc: OSM Talk >Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Navit format downloads > >On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 4:45 PM, Steve Chilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: >> Direct to llustrator (AI) format - with information layered. >> This would hugely advance the potential for takeup of the data by >> "traditional cartographers". > >Steve - do you have any sample AI files that show the kind of layering >you're talking about?
Chatting with Richard on IRC it seems logical to aim high and have the facility to select which layers you want where a single layer equates to a single key/value pair in the database. Obviously that's not something that could run off the API but could be a direct extract from a planet derived db or a script run against a planet file as a stand alone job. The option to combine more than one key/value pair into the same layer would be a very nice extra functionality. I'm guessing some of this is not a million miles from what osmxapi does, it just currently outputs XML rather than one of the AI file formats. I don't think this process has to be that quick. I'd have no problem waiting few hours for the data to be ready for download. Cheers Andy > >Nick >> >> Cheers >> STEVE >> >> Steve Chilton, Learning Support Fellow >> Manager of e-Learning Academic Development >> Centre for Learning and Quality Enhancement >> Middlesex University >> phone/fax: 020 8411 5355 >> email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://www.mdx.ac.uk/schools/hssc/staff/profiles/technical/chiltons.asp >> >> Chair of the Society of Cartographers: http://www.soc.org.uk/ >> >> SoC conference 2008: >> http://www.abdn.ac.uk/cartographers08/ >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nick Black >> Sent: 22 September 2008 13:07 >> To: OSM Talk >> Subject: [OSM-talk] Navit format downloads >> >> Hello, >> >> Over at downloads.cloudmade.com, we've just added Navit format files >> for most countries of the world derived from OSM data. The Navit >> files will be updated each week, shortly after planet is released. We >> had a quick look at Navit on Frday afternoon - the files load and >> allow routing, but there are a few rough edges, like flight paths in >> Germany. >> >> Navit's been around for a while now and it seems like a cool project. >> Are many people in OSM using it regularly? If so, what platforms are >> you using it on? It would be awesome to get it running on Open Tom - >> its Linux / GTK based, so this should be feasible. >> >> You can grab the Europe Navit file from : >> >> http://downloads.cloudmade.com/europe >> >> The format was requested by Wolfgang Silbermayr from the Navit >> project. I'd love to host more formats, so please shout out if >> there's something else that would be useful. >> >> >> -- >> Nick Black >> -------------------------------- >> http://www.cloudmade.com >> http://www.blacksworld.net >> >> _______________________________________________ >> talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >> >> >> > > > >-- >Nick Black >-------------------------------- >http://www.blacksworld.net > >_______________________________________________ >talk mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com >Version: 8.0.169 / Virus Database: 270.7.0/1685 - Release Date: 22/09/2008 >4:08 PM _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
