Since the end of 2019, the OpenArdenneMap map style has been updated on ~~a six-monthly cycle~~ from time to time. OpenArdenneMap is an open-source cartographic style for topographic maps based on OpenStreetMap data. The ‘winter 2024-25’ release has just been published.

That’s mainly small improvements in the QGIS-style that have been made. OpenArdenneMap is available for Mapnik (a software used mainly to create map tile servers) and QGIS (a more general GIS software).

In particular, there has been the addition of the ‘marked trails’ layer, which was still missing in the QGIS style. To add the marker to the map (the equivalent of the shield in Mapnik), we use a combination of 2 ‘Marker Lines’, with the superimposition of an SVG marker for the marker and a character (Font Marker) for the number often inscribed in the marker.

I have also added a map layout to the QGIS project file, which allowed to update an existing map on hiking.osm.be, for the map of Herbeumont.

Compare the version made with Mapnik a few years ago, and this one made with QGIS.

More maps coming soon at https://hiking.osm.be/!