On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:57:17 +0200 Etric Celine <etriccel...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> The only way to create it at the moment is to use OpenLayers on your own > webspace. > The Google 'My Map' looks quite impressive, and as Etric notes there is no simple (as yet) way to do this. Given that OpenLayers can render out GPX/KMLs/OSMs/etc then this is technically possible.... maybe one could even abuse potlatch into being the editor for such a project with resultant OSM saved locally. If you are simply wanting to hi-light a node (which already exists in the OSM database) then this can be overlaid on top of the OSM slippy map with something like: http://www.openstreetmap.org/?node=272924312 You can also place marker at a random point directly on the map: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Browsing#Adding_a_Marker By far the best way is to implement your own slippy map as you can control exactly what is displayed (and how), place things in layers, add pop-ups, etc. All it really requires is some web hosting and a few lines of JavaScript to be added to a page. It takes a little pain to get some thing going, but even a java-script ignoramus like me can handle it. For examples, see: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OpenLayers_Simple_Example http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OpenLayers_Marker_Example http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Openlayers_Track_example There is also the Static Map API under development which lets you place items on a map image via parameters passed in the URL (see http://dev.openstreetmap.org/~pafciu17/). Cheers, Mungewell. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
