OpenStreetMap
I'm well impressed with the quality of the mapping that i've made us of it on my own website. It's being used in two ways.
1- As an index for walks - www.walkeryri.org.uk on the homepage. Using the script i found on the Wiki along with a text file for all the points of interest. What isn't mentioned is that you can include HTML code inside the description, and i think the result looks pretty good. A border and a shadow would be nice, but it does it's job.
2 - To overlay all my walks onto a map.(e.g. http://walkeryri.org.uk/Routes/cwmcaseg.html ) This made use again of code in the wiki, but i was never able to get the javascript to extract a lat/lon for each walk's starting point to centre the map. I've got to change all those by hand on each page, but it was only a real pain having to edit nearly a hundred pages and manually enter a lat long for each!
My next step is to learn how to contribute as i've loads of gpx data that can fill a lot of gaps on the maps for Snowdonia.
Discussion
Comment from smsm1 on 16 December 2008 at 15:57
This is awesome work. This an excellent example of great usage of osm data. If they are signed routes, are you putting them into osm as relations?
Comment from Walk Eryri on 16 December 2008 at 18:09
Thanks!
I'm still trying to get to grips with how to input anything into OSM, as i'd like to make sure what i do add is correct. I'm assuming by relations you mean the type of track it is? The data i've got to add is a fair few unclassified roads and many paths / right of ways. I'm unsure though, how i can note any path as a right of way as i'd find that out from the OS map?
Answers i'm sure i'll discover in the forums in the new year, which is when i'm going to start contributing to the project.
Comment from Richard on 17 December 2008 at 00:43
You'll find out about relations when you start editing!
You can often find what's a right of way by the signposts. I don't know Snowdonia that well, but last time I went up Snowdon (halfway - it started snowing something chronic so we came down) there were little waymarker signs on the gateposts pointing the way, and indicating whether it was a footpath or a bridleway.