[Qgis-user] create hotspots [OOPS]

[mick]

On Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:32:16 +1000
mick <bareman at tpg.com.au> wrote:

> 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?
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 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
Sorry, that was the wrong place, try this:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=37.2787&lon=-76.7034&zoom=13&layers=M

forgot to mention that data is held for objects that are not rendered on the map shown, either export a section if its not too big (50,000 nodes) or try http://download.geofabrik.de/osm/north-america/us/virginia.osm.bz2 for the whole state then use the OSM plugin to import to QGIS and save as a shape file so you can edit it (e.g. crop to a more relevant subset)