On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 7:36 PM, Derk-Jan Hartman < [email protected]> wrote:
> > This is thinking way too simple. Would it be nice to be able to do this ? > Sure, but we already have dynamic maps. WikiMiniAtlas, the german OSM map. > Those even have area highlights these days. Can they be better ? sure, is > that something difficult, is it really needed ? No not really x2. > Wikipedians are much more focused on making static maps usually. > Refutation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interurban_and_streetcar_railways_in_Syracuse,_New_York That map is utter crap, completely unusable for any kind of mobile usage, even if it were georeferenced. Is it possible / useful to generate thematic renderings of OSM tiles? Sure, and they look really good, for example here: http://www.itoworld.com/map/15 My feeling is that Wikipedia has desperately needed a map generator, whether static or dynamic, for at least five years now. Yet something always comes between Wikipedia and OSM for some reason. I think it's because people keep saying that that's too easy! We need to do something better, something more complicated, something that's a real challenge. Well, if it's so simple, why doesn't every page with coordinates have a map?? Obviously, it's NOT that simple.
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