http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: OSM question en Wed, 13 May 2026 02:59:57 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20588#post-350791 Tue, 18 May 2021 12:56:17 +0000 SRD 350791@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>thank you. Hopefully I will find time to look into it. but I also need to crowdsource the data - receiving some interesting information, but only small amounts so far, so it may not be worth upskilling. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20588#post-350790 Tue, 18 May 2021 12:49:01 +0000 MediumDave 350790@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Apologies! If you have the time to burn, then doing the quickstart example from the Leaflet page (first link) might make things clearer.</p> <p>You can write the necessary HTML page locally and load it in your browser; it'll still work (no hosting provider needed). </p> <p>Regarding Google Earth/KML, that's just an easier (point and click) method of creating a dataset to display in your map:</p> <p><a href="https://www.google.com/earth/outreach/learn/create-a-map-or-story-in-google-earth-web/" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/earth/outreach/learn/create-a-map-or-story-in-google-earth-web/</a></p> <p>The alternative is writing your geodata in a variety of arcane formats in a text editor. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20588#post-350789 Tue, 18 May 2021 12:41:08 +0000 SRD 350789@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>oh dear. i was okay for the first 6 lines. then you lost me. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20588#post-350788 Tue, 18 May 2021 12:35:41 +0000 MediumDave 350788@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm a consumer of OSM data so have minimal expertise but, if you have some knowledge of creating webpages Leaflet.js might be worth a look:</p> <p><a href="https://leafletjs.com/examples/quick-start/" rel="nofollow">https://leafletjs.com/examples/quick-start/</a></p> <p>This way, you can overlay your own information onto OSM (or other basemaps) for display. No need to edit OSM directly. </p> <p>Nothing dynamic is required server-side. You can prepare your static data offline and upload to any web host. All rendering will happen in the browser. </p> <p>For your use case, a plugin to load KML or other GIS data formats instead of writing Javascript to populate your overlay will make your life easier:</p> <p><a href="https://leafletjs.com/plugins.html#overlay-data-formats" rel="nofollow">https://leafletjs.com/plugins.html#overlay-data-formats</a></p> <p>For instance you can use Google Earth to write a KML file then import it into your Leaflet map. </p> <p>If you need more control than Leaflet provides, then there is OpenLayers. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20588#post-350781 Tue, 18 May 2021 11:02:38 +0000 SRD 350781@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I am interested in documenting historic political incidents on a map - specifically terrorist attacks, bombing, political safehouses in southern africa during the liberation struggle. </p> <p>is OSM the best way to do this? can I create a 'political history layer'? or something similar? how long would it take me to get up to speed? and how would I go about learning how to do this? </p>