Re: [Wikitech-l] How should I generate static OSM maps for Wikimedia with the SlippyMap extension?
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote: > Hello there, long time no see:) > > In the last few days I've been working on the project of getting > OpenStreetMap onto Wikimedia as outlined here: Woohoo! > Anyway, one thing standing between us and world domination is > rendering those static maps, I'm going to implement this but first I'd > like to get comments on *how* we'd like to do it, so I've written a > plan for doing it: > > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SlippyMap/Static_map_generation I added a couple quickie notes on the talk page... It might be good to use a Google Maps Static-like model here; the MediaWiki end can just make itself an and stick all the relevant info onto the URL, calling out to the static map server. Having a basic time-based expiration on rendered images is probably fine for our needs (and easy to handle, especially if we let the squids deal with keeping the static images around!) -- brion ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
[Wikitech-l] How should I generate static OSM maps for Wikimedia with the SlippyMap extension?
Hello there, long time no see:) In the last few days I've been working on the project of getting OpenStreetMap onto Wikimedia as outlined here: http://techblog.wikimedia.org/2009/04/openstreetmap-maps-will-be-added-to-wikimedia-projects/ Unfortunately I wasn't able to hack on it sooner (but of course other people have been working on it too!) and the project has been somewhat held up by the WM-DE servers being delayed. Anyway, one thing standing between us and world domination is rendering those static maps, I'm going to implement this but first I'd like to get comments on *how* we'd like to do it, so I've written a plan for doing it: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SlippyMap/Static_map_generation Would generating static images like that be fine for Wikimedia purposes or is this totally crazy? I think it would be just fine, but then again I did write the Cite extension so take that with a grain of salt:) And to spam a bit: if getting pretty OpenStreetMap maps deployed is something you'd like to happen sooner than later head over to our development page: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SlippyMap#Development I'm working off the Bugzilla tasklist which should be an approximate indication of stuff that needs to be done. ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
