Tim, I'd appreciate any additional information regarding the maps generated for Christchurch. I'll also check out www.safety-maps.org.
-Samuel On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 3:47 PM, Tim McNamara <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi all, > > Lots of time was spent in late Feburary & early March in NZ to produce > printable maps from OSM/Ushahidi for Christchurch residents without power. > It would be great to recycle this energy. > > Tim McNamara > Professional \\ paperlessprojects.com > Personal \\ @timClicks <http://twitter.com/timClicks> | > timmcnamara.co.nz > > > > On 7 June 2011 10:03, Mikel Maron <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Folks, what did we have in place to produce map books? >> >> Can Mapsomatic easily be modified for different formats/scales? >> >> http://www.safety-maps.org/ was a recent project to do something similar. >> I know the developers would be interested to hear more ideas how to make it >> useful. >> >> == Mikel Maron == >> +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron >> >> >> ----- Forwarded Message ---- >> *From:* Richard Weait <[email protected]> >> *To:* Samuel Mandell <[email protected]> >> *Cc:* [email protected] >> *Sent:* Mon, June 6, 2011 4:16:08 PM >> *Subject:* Re: [OSM-talk] Disaster Preparedness Project >> >> On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 8:12 PM, Samuel Mandell <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > I'm designing a project whose goal is to prepare folks in my community >> for >> > disasters. An essential part of any disaster kit are maps of the local >> area >> > so that when electricity has gone out people can still navigate to >> specific >> > areas of the city (for instance to get supplies or medical help). >> > OpenStreetMap has comprehensive map data for my area (the San Francisco >> Bay >> > Area) and I'd like to use the mapping data to create maps for the >> various >> > cities to hand-out to residents. Since I'd need detailed (1:4800) of an >> > entire city I haven't been able to use the export tool since it seems to >> > have some built in limits to how large of an image it will generate >> (which >> > makes sense). For Mountain View, CA the image size we'd want to generate >> is >> > around 9409 x 11310 with a 1:4800 scale, in other words, very large. We >> > would then cut this into smaller squares and print it out in a booklet >> with >> > attribution to OpenStreetMap for the data and visuals. >> > What's the best way for us to generate these detailed maps of the >> various >> > cities? >> >> Well that sounds awesome. >> >> You might try downloading an extract of OSM data for that area. You >> should be able to find an extract that deals with California, or the >> US West. That way you don't have to deal with an entire planet full >> of data. Then use Mapnik or one of the other rendering tools to >> generate your map. You'll likely want to adjust the style sheet to >> make it just right for emergency awareness. >> >> There is a company in SF area experienced in printing high resolution >> maps from OSM data. Perhaps they'll do it for you for free since it is >> such a worthy project? >> >> _______________________________________________ >> talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >> >> _______________________________________________ >> HOT mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >> >> >
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