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I had a quick look at MyMaps and it may work for me. It will autogenerate a route, for example, which avoids having to laboriously draw the route.You need more than the layer building function and POIs of MyMaps on Google Maps?
Have you looked at LearnOSM ?
I tried it out a few years ago when a group I was in needed an uncluttered map for a car treasure hunt. In the short term it would have taken too long to master for our needs and I ended up tracing over UK Ordnance Survey maps with AutoCAD to produce a paper cartoon that could be handed out. But if you want an electronic map and have time and patience . . .
I dug through some old notebooks last night - an exercise in seguing if ever there was one - and came upon a cryptic note "uMAP - could be useful!" so I looked it up again. It works as layers over OSM and you can plot routes and annotate but I'm not sure I wouldn't get just the same result from ViewRanger.Thanks for the tip. I had a quick look at LearnOSM. It's functionality seems better than Google MyMaps, but there is a learning curve with both apps to get to grips with concepts and jargon. My maps will appear in printed books, so print quality is a consideration. I have experimented with producing cartoons by using Photoshop to rework an image of a base map, but the results are not great, especially re drawing wiggly lines for routes etc.
Bob M
I'm not sure I wouldn't get just the same result from ViewRanger.
More good tips - and an opportunity for me to wallow in some connected nostalgia of my own. When I was an engineering student my set of drawing instruments had an adjustable pen such as you described. It would even attach to a pair of compasses and I often doodled nice circles while the instructor droned away about perspective construction or some such gibberish.I dug through some old notebooks last night - an exercise in seguing if ever there was one - and came upon a cryptic note "uMAP - could be useful!" so I looked it up again. It works as layers over OSM and you can plot routes and annotate but I'm not sure I wouldn't get just the same result from ViewRanger.
As an aside, somewhere, buried deep, I have a double headed ruling pen - twin split blade nibs on a swivel handle. You can set the line thickness and the distance apart for the two lines. Perfect for twisting, parallel lines on a drawing. I think the only time it was ever used was to rough out the alignment of a haul road for a reservoir in Hong Kong (that you can still see on Google Earth) - nostalgia, it ain't what it used to be!
... to rough out the alignment of a haul road for a reservoir in Hong Kong (that you can still see on Google Earth)
I use the online tools at gpsvisualizer.com for a lot of the GPS stuff that I do. If I understand correctly what you want to do then this link might help you.
GPS Visualizer: Draw a map from a GPS data file
GPS Visualizer can read GPS data files (tracklogs & waypoints), street addresses, or simple coordinates, and plot them on Leaflet maps or Google Maps.www.gpsvisualizer.com
High Island Reservoir, HKMore good tips - and an opportunity for me to wallow in some connected nostalgia of my own. When I was an engineering student my set of drawing instruments had an adjustable pen such as you described. It would even attach to a pair of compasses and I often doodled nice circles while the instructor droned away about perspective construction or some such gibberish.
I lived in HK for a few years and possibly walked the road or passed the very reservoir you were involved with while traipsing around the New Territories.
Ah yes, where would we be without the past to remind us how much better things were then and how the world (and its youth) have gone to hell in a handbasket!
Bob M
Just been playing with it - using "Open Topo Map" removes much of the labellingGood old GPSvisualizer rides to the rescue again. I just did a quick test map and it might work for me. There are two big pluses: (1) All Open Source so I can kiss Google and its copyright hassles goodbye (my maps will be published); (2) a large number of styles for the background map and you can choose the opacity.
And it is totally intuitive! Have I found Paradise, or what?
Some photoshopping of the map image might be needed to remove unwanted place names.
Much obliged.
Bob M
Brilliant tool. Once you create the map (see dummy run created in Sandbox post #14) is there any way to export the background map and the gpx or kml file?I use the online tools at gpsvisualizer.com for a lot of the GPS stuff that I do. If I understand correctly what you want to do then this link might help you.
GPS Visualizer: Draw a map from a GPS data file
GPS Visualizer can read GPS data files (tracklogs & waypoints), street addresses, or simple coordinates, and plot them on Leaflet maps or Google Maps.www.gpsvisualizer.com
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