[RNLD List] mapping placenames

[Kellen Parker van Dam]

Dear all,

What I have done instead of maps like OSM/Google is to use the same backend
database I would for a web based map and instead render that with D3.js
<https://d3js.org/>, which creates SVG images that can be customised
similarly to web tilesets as Hiram suggests, uses the same data, but is
much more print-friendly. This is my current approach to nicer looking
printable maps, rather than grabbing a screenshot of a web-based map and
crossing my fingers that it will look nice when printed. You can control
what labels show, how big they are, thicknesses of lines etc and you don't
need any different data sets than what you'd use for a web map.

A quick note if putting into OpenStreetMap: As long as the locations you
are trying to map currently exist, or you mark them as "ruins" or some
other historical settlement feature (I forget what all the options are at
the moment), then it's not an issue. However if you're looking to map
anything that's otherwise no longer there then it's unfortunately not
possible to use OSM without running afoul of various regional standards.
For many countries, there is a dedicated user base that maintains their own
standards which differ from country to country depending on how that group
of active users decides to enforce things, and you may end up seeing
additions being reverted. Think Wikipedia power users. I've put a large
amount of my own region of study in, but for things like exo/endonyms of
villages, you're again contesting with any other user in the region who may
change it causing you to end up with what may be offensive labels on the
map you are hoping to produce with the dataset. I encourage people to keep
adding to OSM, just be aware of the possibility of your additions being
removed or changed.

Regards,
Kellen
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Kellen Parker van Dam
Department of Comparative Language Science
Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language Evolution
University of Zürich, Switzerland

On Thu, 9 Jul 2020 at 09:01, Sylvain Loiseau <
sylvain.loiseau at univ-paris13.fr> wrote:

> Dear Nick,
>
> - OpenStreetMap is also useful for creating the data (and having the data
> open-source).
> - The annotated area can be exported from OpenStreetMap and imported in a
> GIS like QGIS for instance. You can finely set the label properties, select
> map background, etc.
> But you must probably know that already.
>
> By the way, I have been adding a lot of villages in OpenStreetMap for a
> poorly covered PNG area, and I was wondering whether OpenStreetMap couldn't
> be an interesting tool for the cumulative recording of geolinguistic data.
>
> Best regards,
> Sylvain
>
>
> > Le 9 juil. 2020 à 08:43, Nick Thieberger <thien at unimelb.edu.au> a écrit
> :
> >
> > I'm looking for someone to create print-ready maps of placenames. I can
> make online maps in google earth or google maps, but I need a person or
> software that will allow 200 labels to be legible on a small map. Any
> pointers gratefully received,
> >
> > Nick
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