Freemap

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slippy map screenshot (from year 2010)

Freemap was an early custom OSM renderer which aims to provide output from OSM data with particular emphasis on countryside users and walkers. Due to resource limitations it was restricted to England and Wales.

Its author was Nick Whitelegg. OSM data, stored in a standard PostGIS database, and Ordnance Survey LandForm PANORAMA contours were rendered initially using Mapnik, and later via vector approaches such as Kothic JS.

Due to a lack of time available for maintenance Freemap is no longer an active project, the server has been shut down, and it is thus no longer live or available. A repo is still available on GitHub(https://github.com/nickw1/Freemap)

Coverage

England and Wales

Other "Freemaps"

The project might be confused with other projects of a similar name:

• Freemap Slovakia - Slovakia OSM map with customizable POI layer

See also

• List of OSM-based services