[OSM-dev] GSoc Idea Statics Map API

[Milo van der Linden]

Hello Amit!

Nice to hear from you.

amit sethi wrote:
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> I am a student interested in applying to Gsoc idea : Developing a 
> statics map API for openstreetmap like the one for Google map.
Could you define "static map api? In what way will it be different to 
openlayers? Do you have any details?
> The major work involved :
> Can openstreetmap data be converted to GIS / GDAL
Yes; you can convert .osm to shapefiles and from there pull the 
shapefiles through ogr
> Real Time conversion of openstreetdata to image files ( MapniK is one 
> of the tools that can do this . Can it be used for OSM data.)
It is already. Mapnik is the render engine of choice used by 
openstreetmap. All it would need to know is when and where data has 
changed in order to trigger the rendering of tiles
> If openstreetmap data can be converted to GIS why not deliver it 
> through GeoDjango 
> -- 
open GIS = www.osgeo.org and geoDjango is not yet a project of the open 
geospatial foundation. For now, the openstreetmap api and the 
tileservers are serving data; aren't they? Please be more specific as 
with the term "GIS" do you mean OGC standards? Do you mean desktop GIS?

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