Hello everyone,
This question is initially focused at using OSM data, but I’m source agnostic in the grand scheme of things.
I’m writing an application in Qt that draws a map on the screen, along with airports, air nav data, fix locations etc.; the application is to enable route planning for a flight simulator.
The map is only really for visual feedback so that the user can view the route, so I’m not that interested in high-fidelity map data. A simple 2 tone rendering of water/land would suffice. However having some OSM data, such as town and roads would help for pilots who wish to plan a route using VFR (Visual Flight Rules - flying based on what you see out the window).
I’m new to mapping so I wanted to ask:
- Is it possible to download and use, very low res map data from OSM?
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As an extension question, does OSM provide raster data or is it all vector based?
Thanks and apologies if my questions seem a bit vague, I’m still trying to work out what questions I need answered in order to implement this map!
Regards
Catch_0x16