[OSM-talk] Static maps using the new export function

[Christopher Schmidt]

On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 12:13:25PM +0100, Tom Chance wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:03:46 +0100, Tom Hughes <tom at compton.nu> wrote:
> > In message <8634cccecf1f29c15265434c22eb5a85 at acrewoods.net>
> >         Tom Chance <tom at acrewoods.net> wrote:
> >> I can't see an obvious way to do this, maybe I just need to dig around
> > in
> >> the code behind the export tab, but is it possible to already do
> > something
> >> similar to the Google static maps feature, i.e. allow people to just
> >> specify a URL in an img tag and have the static image with optional
> > marker
> >> automatically created?
> >>
> >> http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/staticmaps/
> >>
> >> If not, how much work would it be & how hard?
> > 
> > There is a way to do it, as a little exploration of the export feature
> > would doubtless show, but I don't want people doing that sort of thing
> > as it is not designed to support that sort of load. At the moment
> > there are no technical restrictions, but if it becomes a problem then
> > there will be.
> 
> OK, thanks for letting me know.
> 
> 
> > Is an OpenLayers slippy map pointed at our tile server not better there?
> 
> I think so, but I suppose it's another technical hurdle and static images
> would be much easier for a lot of people. Something for the future, then.

Assuming that the export tab exported a simple, copy-paste friendly HTML
view, would that help solve the technical hurdles?

Regards,
-- 
Christopher Schmidt
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