[OSM-talk] OpenLayers May Dump in Ka-Map/OpenLayers

[Christopher Schmidt]

http://london.freemap.in/may.html

 * Blue Marble Next Generation/Global Mosaic data, precached through zoom
   level 8
 * OpenStreetMap May data dump, *segments only*, using a very simple
   rendering of Highway tags and name tags. 
 * Ability to click on/near a segment, and see information about that 
   segment or segments in the sidebar -- including a direct link to the 
   OSM API. 

Data for OSM is served off the Freemap server, data for Satellite is
served off the OpenLayers.org server. Caches are built on the fly, so
the first time you click through to an area, you will see significant
lag in rendering, but this will go away after this first render.

Known issues:
 * Rendering does not include 'class' tags, so some segments which are
   tagged do not show up as such.
 * Rendering does not include ways, nor does search. 
 * 'lanes' tag seems to be showing up more than it should.
 * Clicking when zoomed out will oftentimes produce the maximum number
   of results (20) and still not include the one you want
     ... and in general, it's difficult to find the segment you want.
 * No editing interface.

The last one is a social decision -- I don't want to provide an editing
interface until I can provide a copy of the map with up to date data,
because otherwise people will just complain about the lack of data, and
I don't want to hear it :)

Comments other than the above known issues? Thoughts on whether this
type of interface is usual?

-- 
Christopher Schmidt
Web Developer