[Tilesathome] Proposal: New T at H Server structure

[Sebastian Spaeth]

Gert Gremmen wrote:
> I have requested several times for modification of the T at H starting
> point to level 13. The render jobs will be smaller, allowing
> more clients to participate successfully.

You are very free to implement the necessary code to allow the 
requesting of z13 tilesets, remove all the hardcoded assumptions of z12 
within the client, modify it to cope with large areas where a z13 lies 
inside (forests bigger than a z13 tile would break, for example. As 
would names that overlap more than a z13 tile). If you want to upload 
z13 tilesets you would additionally need to modify the server to cope 
with z13 uploads and donate the diskspace for quadrupled database disk 
space for the z13 tileset data.

 > *I have requested*. ARRGGGG
You can request things in a shop when you pay for it. In OpenStreetMap 
you can request stuff all day long and things won't change.

If something bothers you STOP REQUESTING and START DOING something about it!

> In my opinion it is very frustrating that in the morning the 
> t at h process was stopped due to too many heap sections or a
> inkscape memory problem. Spill of energy, effort and
> computer time.

Yes, we all find that very frustrating when Inkscape crashes. Yes it's a 
spill of energy, effort and computer time. It's not going to be solved 
by you requesting things.

> Is this a too big change of strategy ?
see above.
> Will the level 12 results be too bad of quality ? 
see above
> Does the t at H community think this is not relevant (yet) ? 
> Is there any major reason that I overlooked ?
man power.
> Will inkscape be replaced soon, making this unnecessary (like ORP)?
or/p is no replacement for inkscape. Have you evaluated alternatives? 
Some people have more success with batik than with inkscape and you are 
free to improve things, or write you own darn svg->png converter.

Complaints without efforts to improve things are a spill of energy, 
effort, and my brain time. It's immensely frustrating too.

End of rant
spaetz