On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 12:13:25PM +0100, Tom Chance wrote: > > Hi, > > On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:03:46 +0100, Tom Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Tom Chance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I can't see an obvious way to do this, maybe I just need to dig around > > in > >> the code behind the export tab, but is it possible to already do > > something > >> similar to the Google static maps feature, i.e. allow people to just > >> specify a URL in an img tag and have the static image with optional > > marker > >> automatically created? > >> > >> http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/staticmaps/ > >> > >> If not, how much work would it be & how hard? > > > > There is a way to do it, as a little exploration of the export feature > > would doubtless show, but I don't want people doing that sort of thing > > as it is not designed to support that sort of load. At the moment > > there are no technical restrictions, but if it becomes a problem then > > there will be. > > OK, thanks for letting me know. > > > > Is an OpenLayers slippy map pointed at our tile server not better there? > > I think so, but I suppose it's another technical hurdle and static images > would be much easier for a lot of people. Something for the future, then.
Assuming that the export tab exported a simple, copy-paste friendly HTML view, would that help solve the technical hurdles? Regards, -- Christopher Schmidt MetaCarta _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
