Johannes Schindelin schrieb:
Hi,
how often do maps change? Seeing that there is already a lot of work being done by the servers, I wouldn't want them to do things where you don't need to collaborate (thus not needing online rendering capabilities).
I imagine a separate project (wikimaps.org?) on a server of its own. Especially in the beginning, many changes will be made to the map data, so I'd suggest re-rendereing maps once a day or so at an off-peak time.
Later, when these maps are actually used by wikimedia and other projects, I'd use a FIFO order to process map requests, and forcible keep the load beneath a certain threshold. Maybe a request could generate an initial image under that name, saying "This map is being rendered. please reload your browser page in 5 minutes to see the map." or something. This would be shown on the requesting page until the map is rendered.
However, since I have no idea how long rendering would take, it might just work in real-time.
Magnus