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Two new OSM map services based on latest cartography research by GIScience Uni Heidelberg
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"Alexander Zipf (HD)" <[log in to unmask]>
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Alexander Zipf (HD)
Date:
Sun, 14 Jul 2013 18:22:14 +0200
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Two new global map services for OpenStreetMap just have been released based on the latest research results in cartography of some researchers from the GIScience Research Group at Heidelberg University (http://giscience.uni-hd.de ) The first one deals with automated high quality map labeling (Text positioning) and is being introduced here: http://giscienceblog.uni-hd.de/2013/07/11/high-cartographic-quality-label-placement-on-osm-based-map/ http://www.openmapsurfer.uni-hd.de/ It presents a new and sophisticated approach for calculating the placement of map labels using a multi-criteria method. The second one uses a new method to determine the scale to which the underling OpenStreetMap data corresonds to and presents the resulting scale equivalencies for residential areas in OSM. This is a important new information for the usablity of OSM data, as previously the scale range of an OSM dataset was unknown. http://giscienceblog.uni-hd.de/2013/07/14/osm-residential-areas-get-their-scales-determined/ http://openmapsurfer.uni-hd.de/scale-determinator.html Enjoy! az http://giscienceblog.uni-hd.de
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