[OGDev] Making a map for a leaflet

Andrew Black - lists andrew-lists at mail.black1.org.uk
Wed Aug 29 05:52:48 BST 2007


(Not specifically OG question but people here have interests in this 
direction)

I want to make a leaflet for an event and include a map. Most of the 
ways usually done for this are not strictly legal.  I could just use the 
(non) defence of everyone does it but I would rather not.

I have noticed that OpenStreetMap has coverage of the area of Central 
London I am interested in.  The simple way to make my map would be to 
screen scrape the browser window as a bitmap. Is there any better way, 
eg extracting an SVG file of a particular area.

I also want to add some annotations - eg route you get from tube to the 
venue.   Frustratingly it is dead easy to do this online using 
Googlemaps. But this doesn't help legally for a printed or emailed leaflet.

Any thoughts



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