Re: [OSM-talk] [Merkaartor] A few interface notes

2008-10-03 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, Chris Browet wrote: > Yeah, I know that. But in what does it answers "selective downloads for > low zoom levels"? You're right, it doesn't give you "all you need for zoom level x" - it can only give you "all you ask for". The user has to know what s/he wants for a given zoom level. Bye Fr

Re: [OSM-talk] [Merkaartor] A few interface notes

2008-10-03 Thread Shaun McDonald
On 3 Oct 2008, at 11:16, bvh wrote: On Fri, Oct 03, 2008 at 12:30:05PM +0200, Chris Browet wrote: OSMXAPI can do selective downloads for low zoom levels: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Osmxapi In what part of the spec do you see that, exactly? Not sure if it is a good idea to mix d

Re: [OSM-talk] [Merkaartor] A few interface notes

2008-10-03 Thread Chris Browet
Yeah, I know that. But in what does it answers "selective downloads for low zoom levels"? 2008/10/3 Frederik Ramm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi, > > > Chris Browet wrote: > >>OSMXAPI can do selective downloads for low zoom levels: >>http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Osmxapi >> >> In what

Re: [OSM-talk] [Merkaartor] A few interface notes

2008-10-03 Thread bvh
On Fri, Oct 03, 2008 at 12:30:05PM +0200, Chris Browet wrote: > > OSMXAPI can do selective downloads for low zoom levels: > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Osmxapi > In what part of the spec do you see that, exactly? Not sure if it is a good idea to mix data from osmxapi in an editor to

Re: [OSM-talk] [Merkaartor] A few interface notes

2008-10-03 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, Chris Browet wrote: > OSMXAPI can do selective downloads for low zoom levels: > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Osmxapi > > In what part of the spec do you see that, exactly? Section 4.1, "Tag predicates". Do not confuse the OSM API with OSMXapi. Bye Frederik -- Frederik R

Re: [OSM-talk] [Merkaartor] A few interface notes

2008-10-03 Thread Chris Browet
> > > OSMXAPI can do selective downloads for low zoom levels: > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Osmxapi > In what part of the spec do you see that, exactly? ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] [Merkaartor] A few interface notes

2008-10-03 Thread 80n
On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 11:10 PM, Matias D'Ambrosio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > On Thursday 02 October 2008 05:33:14 you wrote: > > Woaw, dense post ;-) Let's try to summarize: > > > Yeah, sorry, I didn't think each item was worth a mail by itself. > > > - "Is it possible to download just items vi

Re: [OSM-talk] [Merkaartor] A few interface notes

2008-10-02 Thread Matias D'Ambrosio
On Thursday 02 October 2008 05:33:14 you wrote: > Woaw, dense post ;-) Let's try to summarize: > Yeah, sorry, I didn't think each item was worth a mail by itself. > - "Is it possible to download just items visible at low zoom levels" > Short answer: No. The OSM API is all or nothing. > Long answe