Daniel Schwen schrieb:
While I agree that parametrized rendering would be cool, especially for localization, I believe that maps will be a non-issue soon. Integration of automatically generated maps from OpenStreetMap is being worked on. Hopefully, we will soon have google-style interactive maps in wikipedia.
OSM will not make maps a non-issue at all. There will still be a need for custom maps with
a) highlighted features (query to map may help here) b) reduced detail to make certain aspects of the map stand out c) statistical, historical or other data coloring or overlaying the map
Daniel
Oh sure, we will still need custom maps, though I hope OSM will support hioghlighting and such really soon. But it will be way way less. The boring, repetetive stuff that could be addressed with parametrized rendering of SVG can just as well (or better) be addressed by giving parameters to a map renderer.
-- daniel