[OSM-talk] Raw GPS layer

Sebastian Spaeth Sebastian at SSpaeth.de
Mon Feb 25 08:31:46 GMT 2008


80n wrote:
> This would be an interesting thing to try.
> 
> AFAIK its relatively easy to add a new layer to the t at h infrastructure 
> and Osmarender could easily be adapted to render points from GPX files 
> (perhaps using a pre-processor to convert GPX elements to OSM format 
> nodes and ways).  I do wonder, however, whether the t at h infrastrcuture 
> is overkill, just for rendering tracklogs on a map.

OpenLayers can render KML files as lines. 
(http://www.openlayers.org/dev/examples/kml-layer.html)

I'd rather have something client-side like this rather than adding yet 
another layer to the t at h server (alternatively we could use a different 
t at h server for stuff like this).






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