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

[Jeffrey Warren]

Wow, how extremely useful! Thank you, Andreas. I implemented the deep link
and you can see it on the following map, which I had originally linked to
(it's lower down along the right sidebar):

http://mapknitter.org/map/view/mestia

I'll probably style it more like a button so that people see it. I also
made it show up only for maps which are licensed Creative Commons
Attribution or dedicated to the public domain.

Issue tracker: https://github.com/jywarren/mapknitter/issues/96

Thanks again. I made it possible to use OSM as a reference layer for
rectification so that it's possible to "bootstrap" by using existing
ODBL/CC-BY-SA data to rectify balloon imagery.

I also think there's a lot of promise for those simply taking photos out
the window of their airplane flight with a good camera -- especially when
the plane is banking :-)

Jeff

On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 5:24 PM, Andreas Trawoeger <
atrawog at kartenwerkstatt.at> wrote:

> 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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> >
>
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