On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 4:15 AM, Nick Hocking <nick.hock...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Ed, > > Given the renderening speeds we are seeing, I wonder if it would be possible > to calculate and update OSM with actual estimated tide heights, say once > every 5 minutes for coastlines of interest. > > Now just how flash (no to mention useful) would that be?
Well, yes, that would be something to see. I predict that this will show up in a SotM presentation, or on a third-party web service before it is adopted, if ever, for osm.org. One problem that would arise for anybody offering this service, is that users will be tempted to reload often to see the current tide, to just watch the water go up and down. So you'll serve many more tiles per user than a "typical" tile set. Now, if you could render the tides in the client, by fetching real time depth data, or by loading a tide chart separately, ... _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
