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How can I make those Wikipedia colored maps?

Can you use OpenStreetMap to make custom maps for printing?

  • Print isn't dead. There are people who make flyers all the time and they use maps all the time, such as: tourism industry professional magazines hotels and hostels newspapers etc Some of the maps are crude, some are cute, but I think using OpenStreetMap as a base you can make custom maps (like the above) and just skin it differently to make different maps which you can then print out or compose onto flyers. It would be nice to be able to: different language sets color options custom width of streets custom line widths symbols legend, etc

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    This is straight from the "Google Maps and Google Earth Content Rules & Guidelines": "Content from Google Maps or Earth may not be used as a core part of printed navigational content, such as tour books, maps, etc.. Limited use, such as a single page in a promotional booklet for a shopping district, is acceptable if it fits within the general guidelines " So in your particular use case as you describe it, you may be allowed to use a small snippet of a map for fliers but you must respect the (rather extensive) guidelines - see link below. Note however that Google does not provide high res version of their maps. Update: check out http://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright/ as it might fit your needs better. Sources: http://support.google.com/maps/bin/static.py?hl=en&ts=1342531&page=ts.cs

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Yes, you can use OSM data to create maps for printing, as long as you acknowledge where the data came from, i.e. adding something like this © OpenStreetMap contributors licensed as CC BY-SA. However you will need some software to produce your map like QGIS http://www.qgis.org/en/site/ or ArcGIS http://www.esri.com/

Noel Ballantyne

this looks good http://mapbox.com/ it gives you some customization as far as look and feel but i'm not sure if it can actually print the maps. i guess you can always screengrab

Nono Umasy

If I understand the question correctly, you might be more concerned with using the underlying organization of streets. If so then here are steps for one option: Find the location you need on Google maps Screenshot the view of what you need Open in Photoshop (or other image editing software) Crop down to the specific size of the map you intend to create Create another layer on top of the map. Draw over the map with your own graphics Add the relevant comments and descriptions Delete the underlying original image from Google maps

Juan Gallardo

Also check out http://Maperitive.net, a free application that lets you create custom maps. The tricky thing I have found is to get a map printed to scale.

Peter Hendricks

Try out http://mapimize.com for custom maps - aerial, vector, contour and topographical.  Looks similar to Open Street Maps.

Robbie Lim

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