On Thu, 28 Aug 2008, Curt, WE7U wrote:
On Thu, 28 Aug 2008, Jon Kåre Hellan wrote:
Here's the URL to download a region from openstreetmap as a png image:
http://tile.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/export?bbox=10.249,63.253,10.642,63.51&scale=220000&format=png
Bounding box in decimal degrees, image format, and scale. Not sure what
scale means, but at my latitude, scale 500000 yields about 62 m / pixel.
Their FAQ says:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/FAQ#What_is_the_map_scale_for_a_particular_zoom_level_of_the_map.3F
AFAIK, there are no other online maps of this country (Norway) which permit
use in Xastir. The quality is highly variable, but right around here, it is
pretty good (high geek density).
Is it possible to write a user script which would let xastir use these
maps?
Yes, it should be possible. Since it's an "open" project, details
of the CGI script should be readily available. Too bad it's not a
WMS map server 'cuz then you could use it with our current code.
Another possibility, snag their standard XML data and then use this:
http://trac.openstreetmap.org/browser/applications/utils/export/osm2shp
Before rendering it in Xastir.
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