[OSM-dev] GSoC - Data Tile Service

[Torsten Rahn]

Hi Michael,

> The project sounds interesting. I'm curious to hear more of your thoughts
> on dealing with cross-tile polygons. 

I've put together my own personal thoughts on this topic at:

http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/Marble/VectorTilingProposal

This just covers the basics. The actual path we take however might be subject 
to change depending on discussions inside the Marble Team :-)

> How does drawing .osm files work
> currently?

Marble is a Qt library that provides projection-independent geodetic painting 
of geographical data. It allows to compile different sets of data arranged in 
a map theme. Map data can be parsed from different formats (e.g. .kml, .gpx, 
.shp and .osm) and imported into a single model independent of the fileformat.

Have a look at 

http://www.slideshare.net/marbleglobe/marble-for-developers-factsheet

for more information as Marble as a library. There's also a nice short 10-page 
C++ Marble library tutorial available starting from here:

http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/Marble/MarbleCPlusPlus 

And for more information on the Marble Virtual Globe  client please have a 
look at 

http://www.slideshare.net/marbleglobe/marble-virtual-globe-13-factsheet-
english

(also availlable in French, Spanish, German and Hindi)

See also Ander's blog on the topic of his GSoC project:

http://blogs.deusto.es/gsoc-deustotech/first-steps/

Best Regards,

Torsten





On Freitag, 25. Mai 2012 02:23:50 you wrote:
> > So during this stage we'll also develop a small prototype server that
> > serves tiled and .osm files that are tiled and filtered per zoom level.
> > The assumptions there look similar to yours.
> > We'll identify the most needed changes (to our client code or the
> > temporary .osm file format adjustments e.g. for handling
> > cross-tile-polygons). And then we'll continue development depending on
> > that.
> 
> Hi Torsten,
> 
> 
> 
> -- Michael