[Qgis-user] create hotspots

[mick]

On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:40:14 -0400
<GREGORY.WILSON at HAMPTONU.EDU> wrote:

> I am attempting to use QGIS to create hotspots for location homeless in
> Williamsburg Virginia,USA. I am sure such a remote area of the USA would
> not be in  your gis data. The map would have to have some detail due to
> some of the hotspots having to cover wooded areas.  Can you suggest a
> site or tutorial that would show me the data format I would need to
> conform to  so that QGIS could read it?
> 
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> 
> I am going to attempt to acquire the gis database coordinate data from
> either local or federal government sources.  Thanks for nay help you can
> offer

I can't say for sure if it has the detail you require but it might be worth checking OpenStreetMap ( http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=37.8646&lon=-78.1928&zoom=14&layers=M ) as a starting point.

mick