[Tilesathome] Feature Request: Request Render from Static Map

[spaetz]

On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 05:38:43PM -0500, Ian Dees wrote:
> If a few people agree with me, could we add a link to make a render request
> for the center tile when viewing with the static tile browser? There was a
> similar feature in place in the previous T at H server.

>From a usability point of view, I'd find it very confusing to pan around the static map when clicking on the outside images and causing a render request when clicking on the middle image. Others have expressed different expectations, e.g. "Why can't you just zoom in when clicking on that middle tile?". I would really like to avoid differing behavior depending on the region you click on.

Having said this, I am quite comfortable with a "Render center tileset" link (or button) on that page. I do know that it's still quite bare. In addition to that page, I plan to incorporate a "Render this tileset button" when viewing the tile details page. I just haven't gotten around to include it.

> http://tah.openstreetmap.org/Browse/?layer=tile&z=12&x=3497&y=2134

That would work, but I'd actually prefer a HTTP POST form being send. That GET string is a mere convenience function for informationfreeway.org :-)


I'll make the "render this tile" on the tile detail page first and then add it to the static map.

spaetz