Paul Norman wrote:
Paul Norman wrote:
> >It's worth pointing out that iD doesn't actually have an imagery list.
> >It inherits its from the editor-imagery-index project at
> >http://osmlab.github.io/editor-imagery-index/, which is for
> >OpenStreetMap editing, not historical mapping or a general list of all
> >possible imagery.
>
>Thanks Paul - that's something that I hadn't realised. From the
>comments above, presumably the "open historical map" people are using
>the same list rather than one tailored to historical mapping though?
They shouldn't be. The editor-imagery-index project is targeted at the
needs of OpenStreetMap, not of other projects. With how the index is setup
with each layer being its own file it is trivial to automatically copy in
additional files before running make.
In fact, there are layers in editor-imagery-index which can't be used
outside of OSM.
Well since OHM is simply a part of OSM created to placate the complaints of a
few, it IS part of OSM ... but making background layers locally selectable is a
facility that many of us would benefit from. More and more material is becoming
available which while not relevent to a 'current' map is essential in completing
the historic development of the maps. In 50 years time the current view of the
map will be 'historic' and we need to design for that fact today rather than
simply hiding the data in the change logs :(
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