Hello
I am setting up a website to provide user friendly information on fruit
trees in public property in London. I am not a techie (but will learn to
be one) and would appreciate any advice that anyone can offer.
The basic idea is that all the fruit trees in London would be plotted on
an online map. People would be able to search this data by postcode
and/or by type of tree/fruit. The search would then display on a map each
instance of that fruit in the vicinity of the area they searched.
I would like this site to be as educational as possible, so each fruit
tree will provide a link for the user to learn more about the tree, with
photographs, descriptions, history, folklore, recipes and growing tips.
I am particularly looking for advice on:
a) buying web space and a web domain (any idea as to how much space would
I need and do I need to decide how much from the start or can I generally
acquire more later?), and any recommended providers of either;
b) recommended programmes to use
c) recommended programming courses (or books) that would useful to this
project;
d) any advice as to which map software to use (I am leaning towards
Openstreetmap and Ordnance Survey - I would prefer to stick with something
available under a Creative Commons licence)
These are massive questions, but any advice, tips or leads would be really
useful.
Thank you!
Sarah
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