Hi. Did the webhosting for this project get organised yet? I would like to put it as a featured image, but not if that means that the map dies from too much traffic.
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Featured_image_proposals#Hiking_map On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 10:06 PM, Nop <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi folks! > > > As I liked the features of the cycle map but rather missed a hiking map > based on a similar design, I started working on one. > > Or rather, as I am doing my mapping on horseback, I am working on a map > that some day should be suitable for trail riding. But as the > requirements for a hiking map are very similar, it should be able to > serve that purpose as well. > Main requirements are contour lines, hill shading, emphasis on > displaying the trackgrades and paths, landmarks of all kinds and hiking > routes. > > My work on a hiking map originally started with a map for Garmin devices > and Map Composer. For the open layers map I extended Composer to > generate matching mapnik styles. This means that a Garmin map will be > available that exactly matches the online topo map minus the hill shading. > > You can have a look at an early draft here: http://www.nop.onpw.de/. And > there the problems start. Currently the test map is located at a free > webhoster, but it is obvious that the final map will be require some > magnitudes more webspace. > So do you have any recommendations for me on where to find webhosting > for this project? It is a simple set of prerendered tiles and openlayers > and requires no server side database or applications. > > I guess I could use advice and help with this project. > > > bye > > Nop > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
