On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 7:36 PM, Derk-Jan Hartman <
d.j.hartman+wmf_ml(a)gmail.com> wrote:
This is thinking way too simple. Would it be nice to be able to do this ?
Sure, but we already have dynamic maps. WikiMiniAtlas, the german OSM map.
Those even have area highlights these days. Can they be better ? sure, is
that something difficult, is it really needed ? No not really x2.
Wikipedians are much more focused on making static maps usually.
Refutation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interurban_and_streetcar_railways_in_Syracuse,…
That map is utter crap, completely unusable for any kind of mobile usage,
even if it were georeferenced.
Is it possible / useful to generate thematic renderings of OSM tiles? Sure,
and they look really good, for example here:
http://www.itoworld.com/map/15
My feeling is that Wikipedia has desperately needed a map generator,
whether static or dynamic, for at least five years now. Yet something
always comes between Wikipedia and OSM for some reason. I think it's
because people keep saying that that's too easy! We need to do something
better, something more complicated, something that's a real challenge.
Well, if it's so simple, why doesn't every page with coordinates have a
map?? Obviously, it's NOT that simple.