[OSM-dev] Standard for Map Key

[Tom Hughes]

On 16/09/13 10:55, Peter K wrote:

> is there a kind of a standard or suggestion on how to retrieve the map
> key? Like an http API or a leaflet plugin? On osm.org there is only the
> 'map key' data available for the default layer in the right box. And not
> all details are given like here:
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/DE:Map_Features
>
> Someone knows some open source effort for more details and for support
> of the various providers like mapquest, osm.de, cloudmade, ...?

It's all controlled by a YAML file in the source:

https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/blob/master/config/key.yml

So you would need to provide a patch that updated that, with appropriate 
images and messages in the english locale file for any new names:

https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/blob/master/config/locales/en.yml#L1387

Note that I would like to move to using a single sprite image (or maybe 
one per layer) at some point, rather than lots of little images, so if 
anybody wanted to tackle that it would be good.

I would just caution that any thought of trying to add everything which 
is rendered to the key is probably something you should immediately 
forget about - the result would be insanely long. I would recommend just 
concentrating on major things and adding the missing layers.

Tom

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