Now that WikiMiniAtlas is rendering OSM data, there is now a direct overlap in functionality between WikiMiniAtlas and Kolossos' map widget used on WPDE <http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilfe:OpenStreetMap/en>
I think it would be better if these two maps be consolidated into a unified map widget that can be deployed to all Wikipedia. On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 3:02 AM, Daniel Schwen <[email protected]> wrote: > I have recently spent quite a large amount of work on the > WikiMiniAtlas map plugin and this has some connection to the OSM > project, so I thought it might be of interest to the list. > > * I finished rendering a more detailed basemap, based on OpenStreetMap > data last week. Accurate roads are now displayed at the higher > zoomlevels (starting with highways, then secondary level roads, all > the way down to residential streets and footpaths). > * The WikiMiniAtlas now has a little globe in the bottom right corner > that is always rotated to the current location you are looking at. KML > and WIWOSM overlays are also displayed on the globe. Note that this > feature needs a WebGL-capable browser (degrades gracefully). > * WMA is now resizable > * The WikiMiniAtlas is now active on Moon, Mars, Venus and Mercury > coordinates as well, displaying the labels of the selected globe only > (for example en.wp has >1100 moon coordinates, german wp has over > 9000!). I have upgraded my database and scripts so that addition of > further globe types will be easy. > * As mentioned before, KML and WISOSM overlays are displayed and used > for centering and zooming. I went through great trouble to calculate a > _correct_ minimal bounding rectangle. > * WIWOSM data can be used to overlay arbitrary objects for size > comparison (the geometry is reprojected, so you can see for example > how Greenland really compares to the Democratic republic of the Congo > sizewise). (this will soon work for the new planets and the moon as > well, I have to add a correction for the planets radius, but then you > can see how many Rhode Islands would fit into the Gauss crater on the > moon) > > Best, > Dschwen > _______________________________________________ Maps-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/maps-l
