Thanks a lot, Pavel! I've always wished for a tool that allowed me to track alterations on the map in a so easily way.
Cheers, Arlindo "Nighto" Pereira On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 11:46 AM, Pavel Melnikov <positro...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hello everyone. > > Some users suggested a feature to specify filtering limits manually. This > feature is online now. On the main page ( > http://positron96.appspot.com/osmfilter.html) there are 2 controls to set > latitude and longitude limits in degrees. Generated feeds will contain > changesets that are smaller than the specified size. > Feeds that you have already created will continue to work as they did (but > will use default 20 deg/40 deg values). > > Best wishes, > Pavel > > On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 1:11 AM, Pavel Melnikov <positro...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Hello again! >> Small update to RSS filtering service. >> In the past few days I've found that it is probably difficult for >> everyone to use current feed creation process ( which involved copying RSS >> URL from the image on openstreetmap.org page). So I simplified the >> process. Now you only need URL to a history page, which is usually visible >> and copyable from address bar in your browser. The app will extract needed >> RSS feed on its own and generate filtered feed url and present it to you. >> >> So if you tried the service and it did not work well somehow, you can >> create a filtered rss link again, this time providing with history page >> URL, not RSS url. Detailed steps are descripbed on >> http://positron96.appspot.com/osmfilter.html . >> If the service worked well for you, there is no need to change anything, >> filtering process and interface itself did not changed a bit. >> >> Any comments and reports are still highly appreciated. >> >> Best regards, >> Pavel >> >> On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 3:36 PM, Pavel Melnikov <positro...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Hello everyone! I've been a mapper for some years, and now I've decided >>> to do some coding. I've been using history tab in OSM website, but it is >>> usually filled with bot-generated changes that cover the half of the world. >>> I did not find any solutions to overcome this in osm RSS feeds, so I've >>> decided to make a filter that will filter out these large changesets in RSS >>> feed. >>> >>> Now I present you guys this filter: >>> http://positron96.appspot.com/osmfilter.html . >>> At the moment the concept is simple: all changes with bounding box >>> larger that 20 degrees latitude or 40 degrees longitude are filtered out >>> from the feed. So far it's working for me, so I hope someone will find it >>> useful too. >>> >>> Usage is described in project page, and is mostly simple. You get a link >>> to history RSS feed from openstreetmaps site (something like >>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changesets/feed?bbox=2.28907%2C48.84799%2C2.32597%2C48.8644) >>> and insert it into the only textbox on the page. First button will lead you >>> to filtered feed, second button will show you feed to filtered feed. >>> URL for filtered feed can be created manually, syntax is: >>> http://positron96.appspot.com/osmfilter.rss?feed= >>> <url_of_source_osm_rss_feed> >>> >>> Any comments, suggestions and reports are highly appreciated. >>> ________________ >>> Pavel Melnikov >>> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > >
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