Ben Supnik wrote: > I can definitely do that - I never got vector backgrounds working with > Potlatch myself (I have a Trac issue floating around) but if you can > make Potlatch read the hosted files directly, that'd be a nice win.
Vector background layers in P2.2 are _much_ improved over earlier versions. I've just downloaded one of your NHD .zips, extracted a file from it, hosted it locally (http://127.0.0.1/~richard/osm/01010003_nhdwbhi0.xml, that sort of thing), and imported it into P2, and it's very happy with it. Have a play if you can put an unzipped file somewhere. > Besides one .osm per zip, what else does Potlatch need? For example, > how does Potlatch need the data to be indexed/named? Right now the data > is named by HUC (the entiy formerly known as sub-basin) + data layer, so > unless you know what kind of data you want and the USGS's number for > your town, you can't really easily guess the filename. There's > something like 2300+ HUCs. > > I can build an index off the particular shapefile HUC boundaries if > that's needed. I think an index is the way to go - certainly that's what I'm encouraging people to do with the parallel case of OS VectorMap District data in Britain. If you could put a trivial Nominatim gateway on the front of it, that would mean someone could type in a town name like, oooh, "Potlatch, Idaho", and be presented with the direct .zip links, ready to paste into P2. cheers Richard _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
