{"id":7,"date":"2022-08-01T19:46:32","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T19:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oomap.dna-software.co.uk\/help\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2022-08-04T19:43:30","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T19:43:30","slug":"introduction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oomap.dna-software.co.uk\/help\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>OpenOrienteeringMap (oomap) was the brainchild of Oliver O&#8217;Brien, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.oomap.co.uk\/2009\/12\/oom\/\">first released in 2009<\/a>, to provide an easy way to generate basic orienteering maps for informal urban score events.  Ollie continued to improve the site, hosted at <a href=\"https:\/\/oomap.co.uk\/\">https:\/\/oomap.co.uk\/<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"518\" src=\"https:\/\/oomap.dna-software.co.uk\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/StreetO_map-1024x518.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oomap.dna-software.co.uk\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/StreetO_map-1024x518.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oomap.dna-software.co.uk\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/StreetO_map-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oomap.dna-software.co.uk\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/StreetO_map-768x389.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oomap.dna-software.co.uk\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/StreetO_map-1536x777.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/oomap.dna-software.co.uk\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/StreetO_map.jpg 2028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Example oomap output<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I (David Dixon) have been actively working on further improvements to Ollie&#8217;s site, resulting in the <a href=\"https:\/\/oomap.dna-software.co.uk\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/oomap.dna-software.co.uk\/\">version running here<\/a>.  Ollie&#8217;s code and my additions are all open-source, available at <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/cadnant\/oomap\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/github.com\/cadnant\/oomap\">GitHub<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Major changes here compared to Ollie&#8217;s original include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Up-to-the-minute OpenStreetMap data globally<\/li><li>Satellite-derived contours globally (5m, 10m)<\/li><li>LIDAR-derived contours where available (5m, 10m)<\/li><li>Magnetic North correction<\/li><li>User interface enhancements<\/li><li>Rendering rule enhancements<\/li><li>Additional rendering options<\/li><li>Support for line and score courses<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For further details, start at &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/oomap.dna-software.co.uk\/help\/getting-started\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"16\">Getting Started<\/a>&#8221; then individual topic sections. Comments and queries can be added to the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/oomap.dna-software.co.uk\/help\/feedback\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"12\">Feedback<\/a>&#8221; page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OpenOrienteeringMap (oomap) was the brainchild of Oliver O&#8217;Brien, first released in 2009, to provide an easy way to generate basic orienteering maps for informal urban score events. Ollie continued to improve the site, hosted at https:\/\/oomap.co.uk\/. I (David Dixon) have been actively working on further improvements to Ollie&#8217;s site, resulting in the version running here. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oomap.dna-software.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oomap.dna-software.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oomap.dna-software.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oomap.dna-software.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oomap.dna-software.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/oomap.dna-software.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99,"href":"https:\/\/oomap.dna-software.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions\/99"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oomap.dna-software.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}