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Make your first map

Submitted by rw on Fri, 03/20/2009 - 15:49.
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make your first map with your OpenStreetMap tile server
OpenStreetMap provides Free geodata and Free Software tools to use that data. A previous article demonstrates building an OpenStreetMap tile server. This article demonstrates populating it with OpenStreetMap geodata and having your server create a nice picture of a map for you.  read more »

Add fonts to your OpenStreetMap server

Submitted by rw on Fri, 03/20/2009 - 01:23.
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Road sign with a custom font

OpenStreetMap offers many choices and great power. We know that with great power, there must also come great responsibility.[1] And so it is with fonts. Your choice is likely to be a font from your corporate brand guide or a font mandated by regulation. It would be irresponsible to use a decorative font like Olde English on our maps so for this demo we'll add a suitable font to the system and show how to bring it in to play on the map.  read more »

Build your own OpenStreetMap Server

Submitted by rw on Wed, 03/18/2009 - 01:34.
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SUNY Buffalo campus as seen on OpenStreetMap.org in March of 2009

This article is now archived as http://weait.com/content/build-your-own-openstreetmap-server-v1. The updated article is based on Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx

Build your own OpenStreetMap server. Build your own what?  read more »

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