[OHM] OSM Birthday Sprint OHM updates

[Jeff Meyer]

Team...

The declaration of victory on the tile serving update was premature.

It's down again. I'm trying to figure out what is / was going on to see if
we can make this a little more stable...

Thanks for your continued patience,
Jeff




On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 6:10 PM, Jeff Meyer <jeff at gwhat.org> wrote:

> All -
>
> FYI - all has not been quiet on the Historical Mapping front during the
> Birthday sprint weekend.
>
> - *Dynamic updates* - tile serving updates seem to be fixed... give 'er a
> shot and let me know if it's working (or not for you). The problem, once
> discovered, as many are, was small and easily fixed.
> - *Carto-based styling* - we're now switched over to Carto for our
> styling. If there are changes you'd like to make, please check out our
> stylesheets at https://github.com/OpenHistoricalMap/ohm-carto, which you
> can check out, test with TileMill. Once you're happy with your changes, you
> can do a pull request and we can get these styles updated on our server. If
> that sounds waaaay too techie (because it is), send me a note directly & we
> can get you up and running.
> - *A (soon to be time) filtered layer* - called Experimental is now up on
> the Sandbox. Go here:
> http://www.openhistoricalmap.org/?lat=40.79433&lon=-119.2171&zoom=17&layers=Hand then select the Experimental layer. You'll see some of the point
> change. So... there's a first step toward filtering based on time rules.
> Thanks to Mikel and Dan Vanderkam for working on that out in DC.
>
> Other issues coming soon:
>
> - *Coastline updater* - I'm working to get this running so that we can
> see shorelines updated as we remove man-made landfills and piers,
> particularly in urban areas.
> - *Crazy stuff* - I'm not sure what Rob Warren is doing, but I think he
> has some fun stuff related to linked data up his sleeve & coming soon.
>
> As background, we have had a couple server-related issues over the past
> couple of months. I'm hoping we can track those issues down and keep it
> running more reliably moving forward.
>
> I hope to have more to share in the near future,
> take care,
> Jeff
>
>
> --
> Jeff Meyer
> Global World History Atlas
> www.gwhat.org
> jeff at gwhat.org
> 206-676-2347
>
> OpenStreetMap: Mapping with a Human Touch
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Jeff Meyer
Global World History Atlas
www.gwhat.org
jeff at gwhat.org
206-676-2347

OpenStreetMap: Mapping with a Human Touch
osm: Open Historical Map
(OHM)<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Historical_Map>
 / my OSM user page <http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/jeffmeyer>
t: @GWHAThistory <https://twitter.com/GWHAThistory>
f: GWHAThistory <https://www.facebook.com/GWHAThistory>
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