[OSM-talk] Better integration with OSM from MapKnitter.org balloon maps

[Andreas Trawoeger]

Hi Jeff!

I don't have much insight into the Potlatch2 code myself, but you can
easily call Potlach2 with your own coordinates and TMS layers and I'm
using that feature a lot.

For example http://www.openstreetmap.org/edit?lat=48.3184&lon=14.3121&zoom=17&tileurl=http://tms3857.kartenwerkstatt.at/tiles/1.0.0/OGD_LINZ_ORTHO_EPSG3857/$z/$x/$y.png?origin=nw
puts you in the middle of Linz, Austria with an orthoimages background
based on Austrian OGD data fetched from my server.

Greetings to Mapknitter.org

cu andreas

2012/3/9 Jeffrey Warren <jeff at publiclaboratory.org>:
> Hello - I was just enjoying the "add a TMS background" feature in Potlatch 2
> (feel free to tell me to go to a different mailing list) and I created a
> brief guide to inserting your DIY balloon mapping aerial imagery (grassroots
> mapping/public laboratory style) as a background:
>
> http://publiclaboratory.org/wiki/editing-openstreetmap-balloon-maps
> (using data from )
>
> It was kind of remarkable to me that the balloon maps seem to be well within
> the precision of the GPS used to make the existing map of Mestia, Georgia.
> In some areas, just based on how the GPS tracks wiggle on a straight road,
> it seemed that the balloon map is a pretty great resource for filling in
> detail (once it's well rectified, of course). See the screenshots in the
> page above.
>
> Anyhow, I'm the main developer for MapKnitter.org, which is where most
> grassroots balloon/kite mappers in our community are rectifying their
> imagery. I was thinking it'd be really nice to add a "Use your map to
> contribute to OpenStreetMap" link/button, which could deep-link into a
> Potlatch 2 page with the layer already set up.
>
> Is that kind of deep linking something anyone is interested in collaborating
> on? I can do all the integration from the MapKnitter side but don't have
> much experience with Potlatch code. I could also put this in as a Google
> Summer of Code idea but maybe it's too use-specific and actually too small
> of a project.
>
> Just wondering if this was interesting to folks.
>
> Jeff
>
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