[Wikitech-l] An update on map internationalization

2018-04-23 Thread Joe Matazzoni
Strain writes: Regarding resources, not many free tile servers that I'm aware of can provide this multilanguage capability. Have you considered the possibility that some 3rd party might want a "free ride" and use Wikimedia's tile servers, creating an increase in usage? Are there usage caps or

Re: [Wikitech-l] An update on map internationalization

2018-04-23 Thread Moriel Schottlender
Hi Strainu, Let me pitch in, at least from the technical point of view to some of your questions: On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 2:39 PM, Strainu wrote: > That's great news! I especially like the promise of replication within > minutes from OSM, it sounds wonderful. Just to

Re: [Wikitech-l] An update on map internationalization

2018-04-23 Thread Strainu
Hi Joe, That's great news! I especially like the promise of replication within minutes from OSM, it sounds wonderful. I see the feature is to be deployed to mapframe-using wikis first. Do you have a timeline for maplink-only wikis? If a wiki decides to enable mapframe after the deployment, will

[Wikitech-l] An update on map internationalization

2018-04-20 Thread Joe Matazzoni
This is to let you know that Collaboration Team is planning to release map internationalization next week for testing on testwiki [1]. When it’s ready, we’ll post a note to confirm. Meanwhile, you might like to check out the detailed post I added last night to the Map Improvements 2018