[Talk-us] Load Test For Me?

2009-04-29 Thread Ian Dees
Hi US Mappers, I'm toying with using Google's AppEngine to serve up map tiles. Could you guys try browsing the following slippy map to do a load test for me? http://opentiles.appspot.com/static/index.html?zoom=12lat=42.36782lon=-71.04361layers=B000 Thanks to Lars for the tiles -- they look

[Talk-us] Toronto Mapping party this Sunday 03 May 2009

2009-04-29 Thread Richard Weait
Hi All, How about a spur of the moment mapping party in Toronto this Sunday? I know! What a great idea! And the weather promises to be perfect too. The goal is to Clean up the aerial-mapped area in Bayview Village by getting the rest of the street names, local POIs including parks, schools

Re: [Talk-us] Massachusetts topo map

2009-04-29 Thread Chris Lawrence
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 8:34 PM, Lars Ahlzen l...@ahlzen.com wrote: I've been working on a topographic map based on OSM data, somewhat similar in style to the National Geographic topo maps. It's very much work in progress, but I thought someone here might be interested. Feedback is welcome!

Re: [Talk-us] dirt road classification?

2009-04-29 Thread Adam Schreiber
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 6:04 PM, Paul Fox p...@foxharp.boston.ma.us wrote: is there a way to distinguish pavement type separately from road classification?  is there a standard tag for doing so? surface=foo http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:surface in new england (and i assume in other

Re: [Talk-us] Massachusetts topo map

2009-04-29 Thread Lars Ahlzen
Chris Lawrence wrote: Hey, Lars! The map looks really nice. One minor suggestion: you may want to consider using the outline-style U.S. highway shield like most commercial maps use instead of the black-background U.S. highway shield, which works well for separate road signs to bring out the

Re: [Talk-us] Massachusetts topo map

2009-04-29 Thread Lars Ahlzen
Dale Puch wrote: Beautiful! A cosmetic suggestion is the airport runways seem too wide on pretty much all but the highest zoom. I agree. I'll make them thinner, and adjust the width properly for all zoom levels. One problem is that the current width may be somewhat accurate for large

Re: [Talk-us] dirt road classification?

2009-04-29 Thread Adam Schreiber
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 7:53 PM, Paul Fox p...@foxharp.boston.ma.us wrote: adam wrote:   On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 6:04 PM, Paul Fox p...@foxharp.boston.ma.us wrote:   ... in my mind there's a big difference between unpaved and track.     Could you provide a photo of one of these roads? i

Re: [Talk-us] dirt road classification?

2009-04-29 Thread Paul Fox
ted wrote: Paul Fox wrote: does the standard renderer at o-s-m.org do rendering based on the surface? No, neither Mapnik nor Osmarender draw surface=unpaved differently. I assume the same goes for the more detailed values (gravel, dirt, ...). For example, part of East 600

Re: [Talk-us] Massachusetts topo map

2009-04-29 Thread Bill Ricker
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 11:30 PM, Lars Ahlzen l...@ahlzen.com wrote: These areas are classified as FLATS (i.e. tidal flats) in the MassGIS hydrography dataset ah, well, they're clam flats with added sand for decor. -- Bill n1...@arrl.net bill.n1...@gmail.com

Re: [Talk-us] Massachusetts topo map

2009-04-29 Thread Zeke Farwell
Wow, that looks great! I'm psyched to see someone people like you working on US centric tileservers. Zeke On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 9:34 PM, Lars Ahlzen l...@ahlzen.com wrote: Hi OSMappers! I've been working on a topographic map based on OSM data, somewhat similar in style to the National