[Openstreetmap] new static renderer, and other bits

[SteveC]

* @ 16/07/05 01:12:30 AM lars at aronsson.se wrote:
> SteveC wrote:
> 
> > The 'scale' attribute is now the number of degrees per pixel,
> 
> This is incompatible with Multimap.com and other map websites, 
> which I think is sad.

++sad

The code is all there, edit viewmap.rb and viewMap.jsp to take
'multimapscale=foo' or 'openmapscale=blah' and convert it to the right
scale... Or give me clear instructions on transforming the scale from
one to another and I'll do it.

> > The 'edit this map' link now goes to a default scale on the applet.
> 
> Having the edit link change the scale is very confusing.  I can 
> understand that you don't want people to bring up the applet with 
> a scale too large, but this can be managed by showing the "edit" 
> link only for finer scales.  For larger scales, the same place can 
> display some text like "to edit this map, you need to zoom in".

I agree with all this, however I am loathe to start 'fixing' the applet
when we are throwing it away sometime soon, for something so
unbelievably sexy and cool the gods themselves will want to start
mapping the next world.

have fun,

SteveC steve at fractalus.com http://www.fractalus.com/steve/