As part of https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T153282 a new style for Wikimedia maps is being developed, and I've loaded up the whole planet on one of my test servers as a test and demo.
The demo is available at http://legolas.paulnorman.ca:6789/, and through "Compare" on the right-hand side of the interface you can compare it with the current Wikimedia style, OpenStreetMap Carto, and lots of others. Some other things to be aware of when comparing are
- The map is displayed with Kosmtik, a design tool with minimal caching, and it might be restarted while I'm working on it
- Even though the server is faster than production, it may appear slower because it doesn't have everything cached
- The OSM data on the server is normally within a day of the latest data
- Some roads are missing with https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T160781
Some of the more noticeable style changes are
- Road colours are different, helping view the overall layout of the city
- There are fewer cases of subtly different shades of green.
- Bridges and multi-level road constructions are now handled properly, which should make some areas easier to figure out
Feedback is welcome, either through email, phab tickets, or by IRC in #wikimedia-interactive on freenode.
Just to let people know, I've reloaded the server as part of fixing https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T160781 and it's now running again.
On 4/5/2017 1:57 PM, Paul Norman wrote:
As part of https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T153282 a new style for Wikimedia maps is being developed, and I've loaded up the whole planet on one of my test servers as a test and demo.
The demo is available at http://legolas.paulnorman.ca:6789/, and through "Compare" on the right-hand side of the interface you can compare it with the current Wikimedia style, OpenStreetMap Carto, and lots of others. Some other things to be aware of when comparing are
- The map is displayed with Kosmtik, a design tool with minimal
caching, and it might be restarted while I'm working on it
- Even though the server is faster than production, it may appear
slower because it doesn't have everything cached
The OSM data on the server is normally within a day of the latest data
Some roads are missing with https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T160781
Some of the more noticeable style changes are
Road colours are different, helping view the overall layout of the city
There are fewer cases of subtly different shades of green.
Bridges and multi-level road constructions are now handled properly,
which should make some areas easier to figure out
Feedback is welcome, either through email, phab tickets, or by IRC in #wikimedia-interactive on freenode.
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