John, a nice idea for a project to be implemented by a student. See http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Student_projects or http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/GSoC_Project_Ideas_2010
GSoC's input period is over since last week. So the first link would fit better. Thomas -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 19:35:36 -0400 > Von: john whelan <[email protected]> > An: [email protected] > Betreff: Re: [OSM-newbies] Rendering on the PC > >We're generally a community of "doers". If you feel strongly about it > needing to get done, then roll up your sleeves and work on it. We'll > be here to help you. > > I had noticed it appears to be that way. Lots of people doing their own > thing, often the same or very similar thing, who needs requirements for > example, with documentation that often leaves much to be desired. I > didn't > expect it to be easy to do, I do have some computer system background. > > It would appear that Maperitive looks very promising and it can use a > cached > .osm file saved from JOSM. If any one wants to have a look at it the best > documentation appears to be here > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Maperitive. > > Cheerio John > > That's not as easy as it sounds. > > > > There's no current support in the API (the communication protocol > > between the client and server) for a client to request updates to a > > certain area by time. In other words, you can't ask for a bounding box > > as per a certain date at this time. > > > > That's why there's no nice way to have an API cache (which is > > essentially what you're asking for). There might be ways to get around > > it, but you'd end up doing so much work that it would be significantly > > more work on both the client and the server end in order to save what > > would probably be a negligible amount of network traffic. > > > > > The program would also allow items to be selected for display, same > > concept > > > as Google Earth, place names, cycle routes etc. This would allow a > > smaller > > > packet to be returned to the PC if we only sent the requested > > information. > > > > You can currently request only some data from the server, and since > > you're using JOSM, I believe you can already use this functionality. > > > > > The advantages would be lower server and internet traffic. > > > > Traffic isn't the only measurement of "work", but as this would > > require a significant amount of work to add to the API, I don't think > > it'll happen soon. > > > > > So the question is is there such a program today? > > > > You can do most of what you describe now with JOSM, including the > > rendering I believe. > > > > > If not how does one nudge someone to build it? > > > > We're generally a community of "doers". If you feel strongly about it > > needing to get done, then roll up your sleeves and work on it. We'll > > be here to help you. > > > > - Serge > > > > _______________________________________________ > > newbies mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies > > -- http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=47.172&lon=7.4395&zoom=15&layers=B000FTFTT&mlat=47.16696&mlon=7.43509 GRATIS für alle GMX-Mitglieder: Die maxdome Movie-FLAT! Jetzt freischalten unter http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/maxdome01 _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies
