On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 2:30 PM, Olivier Chatelain
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Is the implementation a question of topography:
>
> a) A question of manpower?
> b) A question of computing power (aka money)?

This seems to make the incorrect assumption that manpower doesn't cost
money. It does. When it comes to the level of deploying surfaces
within Wikimedia, it almost always requires vetting, support and the
access rights of Wikimedia personnel.

I also note that the volunteer run tiles service of wmf labs already
provide hill shading as an optional layer
Demo: https://tools.wmflabs.org/maplayers-demo/#filter=WMFLabs.Hill%20shading

DJ

On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 2:30 PM, Olivier Chatelain
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Is the implementation a question of topography:
>
> a) A question of manpower?
> b) A question of computing power (aka money)?
>
> <[email protected]> schrieb am Mi., 18. Apr. 2018 um 14:00
> Uhr:
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>> Hi everybody,
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>> In topolocially interesting regions, the hillshades a very intersting
>> feature:
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>> - https://opentopomap.org/#marker=15/36.1/-112.1
>> <https://opentopomap.org/#map=15/46.91801/7.45118>
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>> Are there layers for this features planned for the wikimedia too?
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>> Regards
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>> On 4/17/2018 10:45 AM, Olivier Chatelain wrote:
>> > Hi everybody,
>> >
>> > In topolocially interesting regions, the hillshades a very intersting
>> > feature:
>> >
>> > - https://opentopomap.org/#marker=15/36.1/-112.1
>> > <https://opentopomap.org/#map=15/46.91801/7.45118>
>> >
>> > Are there layers for this features planned for the wikimedia too?
>>
>> There's an existing ticket about hillshading:
>> https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T153395. It's not in scope for the
>> collaboration team work, and I see it as unlikely to happen in the
>> 2018-2019 financial year with the resources maps will have.
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>> There's also a ticket for adding topographic features in
>> https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T153407, e.g. mountain peaks
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