Mapping
From FridaV
We like the freedom in maps made by [http://www.openstreetmap.org/ OpenStreetMap], the open world mapping project. So we use them as the base map for our mapping. | We like the freedom in maps made by [http://www.openstreetmap.org/ OpenStreetMap], the open world mapping project. So we use them as the base map for our mapping. | ||
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| - | Spatial data standards and formats | + | ===Spatial data standards and formats=== |
| - | * OpenGIS, WKT, WKB | + | * GPX with excelent tool: gpsbabel |
| - | * ESRI Shape File, ESRI World File | + | * OpenGIS, WKT, WKB: postgis, featureserver and much other software speak this format for geometries |
| + | * OSM xml: gets the collaborative editing job done | ||
| + | * ESRI Shape File, ESRI World File: is widespread in GIS industry, can usually be converted to friendlier formats | ||
* GeoTIFF | * GeoTIFF | ||
* [http://www.litux.org/wiki/SVG SVG] (general vector format, not GIS-specific) | * [http://www.litux.org/wiki/SVG SVG] (general vector format, not GIS-specific) | ||
| - | Free GIS Software | + | ===Free GIS Software=== |
| - | * The most accomplished open-source GIS is [http://grass.itc.it/ GRASS]. | + | * The most accomplished and overwhelming open-source GIS is [http://grass.itc.it/ GRASS]. |
* An easy to use viewer is [http://qgis.sourceforge.net/ Quantum GIS]. | * An easy to use viewer is [http://qgis.sourceforge.net/ Quantum GIS]. | ||
* The most polished open-source GIS viewer is (still?) [http://thuban.intevation.de/ Thuban]. | * The most polished open-source GIS viewer is (still?) [http://thuban.intevation.de/ Thuban]. | ||
| - | * For | + | * For working with spatial data in a database look at [http://postgis.refractions.net/ PostGIS]. |
| + | * [http://mapnik.org/ Mapnik] is a great rendering engine for maps used by OSM among others. | ||
* The [http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/ UMN Mapserver] is a software for creating a web mapping service. | * The [http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/ UMN Mapserver] is a software for creating a web mapping service. | ||
* [http://www.jump-project.org/project.php?PID=JUMP&SID=OVER JUMP] is an open-source mapping application with a less scary user interface (yay!). | * [http://www.jump-project.org/project.php?PID=JUMP&SID=OVER JUMP] is an open-source mapping application with a less scary user interface (yay!). | ||
map/modell/world? what areas stay unmaculated | map/modell/world? what areas stay unmaculated | ||
| - | i like this idea. if we put a small (one block) circle around each waypoint we have and compute the union, we'll get the complete coverage or discovered space. | + | i like this idea. if we put a small (one block) circle around each waypoint we have and compute the union, we'll get the complete coverage or discovered space. |
| - | + | all unvisited areas could be black on the map, areas with no access points the normal map color, areas with closed ones red, areas with good ones green. | |
| - | all unvisited areas could be black on the map, areas with no access points the normal map color, areas with closed ones red, areas with good ones green. | + | |
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something like this could look really nice. | something like this could look really nice. | ||
| - | + | ===Models and Workshop=== | |
[...] whatever visualisation we'll do it should be able to swap the base background map, photo or whatever for one of our maps, and plot the tracks and points over that. | [...] whatever visualisation we'll do it should be able to swap the base background map, photo or whatever for one of our maps, and plot the tracks and points over that. | ||
