On Jun 4, 2008, at 20:39 , spaetz wrote: > On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 11:09:33AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> One thought that occurs to me is that there will be many, >>> disparate groups >>> wishing to use OSM to plan stuff, only a very small proportion of >>> which >>> would eventually become reality. I'm not sure if it would be >>> appropriate >>> to add these features to the main OSM database. >>> >> >> I would also agree that it is probably not appropriate to add >> addition >> (non-real) data to the main database, as it will make the editor view >> significantly more cluttered and confused. >> >> At present they can achieve the same effect using off line file and >> merging layers before rendering. > > OpenLayers is capable of rendering local .osm data, so it's possible > to have a local "planning layer" overlaid on the plain map.
I don't know what Simon had in mind, in any case I'm developing an application where there will be travel planning, and it will also use OSM. I think that this should be done locally, as others have suggested (in my case I have a full fledged desktop application, so there are no problems at all). -- Fabrizio Giudici, Ph.D. - Java Architect, Project Manager Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." weblogs.java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici - www.tidalwave.it/blog [EMAIL PROTECTED] - mobile: +39 348.150.6941 _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk