Mid Summer Updates – 6. August 2011

Well during the last weeks I did not have much time to work on the maps themselves, however for Todays/Tomorrows Update I have worked hard to improve the maps. I did quite a lot of work on the POI section, to make it easier to understand and include some more rather new OSM keys.

To be more exact: rework of POI symbols to be closer to standard topographic maps where it makes sense, and complete rework of castle/fortresses/defensive_fortresses and so on based on castle_type. Addition of some new POI like mines, surface_mining, better differentiation monument/memorial and much more (e.g. some new wrongly used keys/values, trying to unilaterally except true instead of yes and so on…)

 

I did not yet manage to upgrade mkgmap to the latest version (did not do enough bugchecking to be sure it works) and did not yet check the create_mapsource_installationsfiles_with_mkmgap batch script if it can be hardened against missing memory. Will do so for the next update.

August 6th, 2011 | Leave a comment

Map Updates 22. July 2011

After last weeks State of the Map Europe in Vienna I have not found yet much time to work on the maps. That ain't bad in general however, as last week I arranged a cooperation with a Map Toolkit provider to work together on a new online map, plus Apps for Iphone/Android with maps made for mtbikers, cyclists, and hikers. Maybe also proper guides.

As for the maps I did include now POI symbols for mtb:scale=3-7. This means if you have pathes/tracks with some special difficulty short sections, instead of splitting up the way, you can simply put a Point with tag: mtb:scale and value =3-7 (6 and 7 are commonly used by vertriders, I'll try to find examples/definitions for the Wiki in the coming months) on the way or besides it (if it's a node of the way, then it's part of it, it it's besides, then it's an "attraction" which you can take but don't have to. I'll try to come up with a tag to say "it's part of the way, but there is an easy way around – so you don't have to put down a separate way which may be inconsidered rude by hikers, […]

July 22nd, 2011 | Leave a comment
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