[OSM-talk] Isn't it time for a higher zoom level?
Richard Fairhurst
richard at systemeD.net
Sat Nov 21 07:21:19 GMT 2009
Peter Childs wrote:
> If we had an application, that could read osm and render on the fly
> we could have any zoom level we like, including zoom levels
> between zoom levels, (ie vector graphics)
>
> In theory Potlatch already does some of this, buts it written to enter
> data not render the map, so its not the purpose it was meant for.
Potlatch 2 will have a fully-fledged rendering engine with stylesheets
and everything.
This bit's already written and you can try it at:
http://www.geowiki.com/halcyon/
There's also a similar, JavaScript-driven rendering engine called Cartagen:
http://www.cartagen.org/
And if you're on Windows, Kosmos is worth looking at.
cheers
Richard
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