[OSM-dev] Rendering Chain for api.dev.osm?

[Thomas Wood]

It has been on my todo list since errol went in. University, exams, etc, 
have led to a lack of time to do anything about it.

Thomas

Frederik Ramm wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>     I was wondering whether it is feasible to set up some kind of Mapnik 
> rendering chain for the api.dev system. The backdrop to this is a number 
> of recent discussions on the German mailing lists where people would 
> like to not only test their selfmade editor against a test API, but 
> sometimes they would also like to see how certain edits come through on 
> a standard Mapnik map.
> 
> Currently, we offer no dump or diff services on the dev API, so even if 
> someone was capable of running their local Mapnik instance they couldn't 
> download the data. Ideally though, we'd even be offering some kind of 
> Mapnik rendering for the data so people don't have to install the stuff 
> themselves.
> 
> It is clear that we do not have the resources for a full-blown system 
> with world-wide rendering and planet dumps and diff updates and whatnot, 
> but maybe we could hack something together somehow which makes the dev 
> API usable for a wider range of try-out tasks.
> 
> Perhaps an idea for the upcoming hack weekend?
> 
> Bye
> Frederik
> 
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