Yes api06.dev.openstreetmap.org <http://api06.dev.openstreetmap.org/> is a valid sandbox for editing, but the rails site hosted there loads tiles from the main tileserver. Because tile generation is such a resource intensive process, I don’t think there is a plan to generate and serve dev tiles.
I have considered making it easier for iD to connect to this sandbox so that new users can play around more, but there are a few things holding me back: 1. no https will cause mixed content issues 2. the database is mostly empty, so not very helpful from a new user perspective. If we had https support on that api, and maybe did periodic database refresh of production to dev, I think it would open the possibility of using the server more for a new user sandbox, or for training purposes. To be clear, I’m not complaining about the current setup - it works totally fine for me. The stuff mentioned above just comes up in discussion sometimes and is very low priority. Thanks, Bryan > On Jan 11, 2016, at 8:16 AM, Pichler, Markus <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello everybody, > > I have a question regarding the usage of the dev server reachable under > http://api06.dev.openstreetmap.org/ <http://api06.dev.openstreetmap.org/>. > I wanted to use this server for some JOSM testing and did what was described > here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Sandbox_for_editing > <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Sandbox_for_editing>. > It says on that page that the dev server is mostly empty, but if you go to > the page http://api06.dev.openstreetmap.org/ > <http://api06.dev.openstreetmap.org/> it shows the entire world, just like > the main openstreetmap.org <http://openstreetmap.org/> site. However, if I do > a download request in JOSM, it is empty. So my question is: Why is the map > not a representation of the database on the dev server, showing basically > nothing except in those places where somebody uploaded something for test > purposes? Or am I missing something here? > > Markus > _______________________________________________ > dev mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev > <https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev>
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