[OSM-talk] Adding maps to wikipedia articles

Gervase Markham gerv-gmane at gerv.net
Thu Feb 14 07:46:56 GMT 2008


David Ebling wrote:
> Isn't there a way of making the actual map tiles from
> the tile server show up on wikipedia? Whether it's a
> type of slippy map or just a tile or four, is this
> feasible? Would it put too much load on the tile
> server?

Well this would mean the maps could only begin or end on tile boundaries 
and, considering the incredible amount of traffic Wikipedia serves, yes, 
I strongly suspect it would flatten the tile server.

Gerv





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