[GSoC 2012] - Implementing JSON REST API in the OSM Rails Port

[Richard Fairhurst]

> I was checking out the current rails-port code and was
> wondering if porting the API layer to sinatra or grape
> would be a good thing. Porting it would help gain some
> performance.

The most commonly used call (/map) is already in C++ as part of the cgimap
project, and there are ambitions to move others over in time.

cheers
Richard