During the spring and summer of 2014, I discovered some interesting places in the forest south of Leuven. My interest was peeked by some wooden statues/carvings made from dead trees. I had seen some of them before, but I hadn’t really been paying attention, and they didn’t register as a ‘collection’ until then.

When I did finally investigate further, it lead to the creation of an Article about Ad Wouters on Wikipedia. Of course, I needed to illustrate that with a map, so I created one with Maperitive:

• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pad_van_Ad_op_OSM.png

• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%27t_Pad_van_Ad.svg

This map is unique in that it combines information about the public transport stops and routes (light blue/pink) and the walking node network (red/orange) and, of course OSM data, together with the route I was describing (blue). Only 10 years ago it would have been impossible to even consider attempting to create such a work.

Subsequently I discovered Wikivoyage:

Ad’s Path on Wikivoyage

On Wikivoyage they have a widget, which displays Openstreetmap data. One can switch layers and add overlays, allowing to show the cycle and the walking node network as well, but more importantly one can mention POIs in the text and have them appear on that dynamic map

It took some learning and stumbling. Each of these projects has their own rules and intricacies, which are completely different from OSM, but they are also different among what I consider a family of projects and even from one language version to another. At times they almost drove me mad, but now I’m quite happy with the results. I’m not sure if I’ll attempt something similar again any time soon though. Mapping for OSM has its own rewards.