Re: [OSM-talk] Public, no-cost, general-purpose tile servers

2013-10-03 Thread Maxim Rylov
Hi, There are some additional OSM based maps with custom styling, which are provided by University of Heidelberg. You can find them here http://openmapsurfer.uni-hd.de http://openmapsurfer.uni-hd.de/?zoom=13lat=49.48176lon=8.46385layers=B00 Best regards, Max On 10/3/2013 6:36 PM,

Re: [OSM-talk] High Cartographic Quality Label Placement on OSM-based Map

2013-07-13 Thread Maxim Rylov
That's really a pitty. How can someone profit from your work (aka Shoulders of Giants)? What worth is it pointing to us, how bad our label placement is and how good it could be by not giving us the tools to fix it? I did not want to abuse anybody. At frist I tried to present the results that

Re: [OSM-talk] High Cartographic Quality Label Placement on OSM-based Map

2013-07-12 Thread Maxim Rylov
as there is no backtracking. Is the algorithm available as open source? Unfortunately, the algorithm currently is not open-source, but the model that we elaborated and used will be published as a journal paper within the next few months. All the best, Maxim Rylov ___ talk

[OSM-talk] High Cartographic Quality Label Placement on OSM-based Map

2013-07-11 Thread Maxim Rylov
to render a map for the globe on lower zoom levels (z2-z12). More information about improvements and updates you can find on our Blog page http://giscienceblog.uni-hd.de/. PS: Please, take into account that the tile cache for zoom levels greater than z12 is empty. All the best, Maxim Rylov

Re: [OSM-talk] Enhanced version of OSM Administrative Boundary Map at OpenMapSurfer.uni-hd.de

2012-06-12 Thread Maxim Rylov
not noticed: Administrative boundaries from OSM at all administrative levels are being visualized on a new dedicated global map layer at http://OpenMapSurfer.uni-hd.de Maxim Rylov just has released the new second version of the admin layer with enhanced scale-dependent styling

Re: [OSM-talk] Enhanced version of OSM Administrative Boundary Map at OpenMapSurfer.uni-hd.de

2012-06-11 Thread Maxim Rylov
Hi Colin, This is excellent, thanks! Can you say how often the admin boundaries layer will be updated? I have been doing quite a bit of work on them (in Kent, UK) recently and the changes are not showing up yet. Now it is not updatable. The layer is going to be updated every week. At the