[HN Gopher] There's a new map style on OpenStreetMap.org
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There's a new map style on OpenStreetMap.org
Author : gslin
Score : 99 points
Date : 2023-09-24 19:51 UTC (3 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (en.osm.town)
(TXT) w3m dump (en.osm.town)
| shrx wrote:
| For some reason, the Tracestrack Topo layer doesn't load for me
| in firefox.
| kiwijamo wrote:
| Loads for me Firefox/Windows.
| gerdesj wrote:
| .. and me FF/Linux.
|
| Parent might like to examine their extensions/network/life
| choices. I block a shit load of stuff and bizarrely a mapping
| system used and generated by millions of people just seems to
| work.
|
| This didn't look very pretty but I still got the menus 8)
| $ links "https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/50.93675/-2.63
| 421&layers=P"
| rstarast wrote:
| Same here, I get 403s from tile.tracestrack.com
|
| Edit: I think it's due to referrer filtering. I can load the
| tiles fine if I pass 'Referer: https://www.openstreetmap.org',
| but Firefox sends 'Referer: tile.tracestrack.com'. Presumably
| that's a measure to preserve privacy, possibly due to some
| extension (though I've disabled various adblock, tracking
| protection things...)
| mqus wrote:
| Same for me, Firefox on Linux. Getting 403's
| gerdesj wrote:
| It does work for me FF/Linux.
|
| Does this work? https://www.openstreetmap.o
| rg/#map=15/50.9349/-2.6296&layers=P
|
| You should end up with a view of a small town in South
| Somerset, UK.
| simonw wrote:
| Nice. Here's a direct link to view San Francisco using Tracestack
| Topo:
| https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=14/37.7846/-122.4304&laye...
| sva_ wrote:
| That's neat. It seems like it isn't available in OsmAnd though,
| sadly.
| thriftwy wrote:
| OSM is basically a dataset. Everybody renders this dataset
| differently unless they are sharing a renderer. Android apps
| such as Maps.ME and OsmAnd do their own vector renders.
| sva_ wrote:
| I think it might be possible via the Online Maps feature by
| adding an online source, but for that I'd need the url of the
| source. For example, I can pick CyclOSM as the map tile
| source both in OsmAnd and on openstreetmap.org.
| thriftwy wrote:
| That would defeat the purpose of having a vector map app.
| matkoniecz wrote:
| As far as I know there is no significant overlap between this
| two: except that both use OpenStreetMap data as source.
| MaximilianEmel wrote:
| Crosswalks still look the same as sidewalks :(
| KirillPanov wrote:
| [flagged]
| wizzwizz4 wrote:
| Works for me. Are you using a web browser? While a webapp
| client is provided for convenience, upon request, this is a
| social media site, not a website; there _is_ no canonical HTML
| representation, so don 't be surprised when you don't get one.
|
| Try specifying Accept: application/ld+json;
| profile="https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams"
|
| in your request.
| RicoElectrico wrote:
| Oh shoot, you were more lucky ;)
|
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37633970
| [deleted]
| GauntletWizard wrote:
| This looks nice, unlike Google's recent decision to completely
| redo their colors to look like Apple's terrible, faded colors.
| tornato7 wrote:
| In my parents' car, the screen doesn't exactly have high
| dynamic range, and for some reason Google Maps colors are white
| on white, impossible to tell where the streets are looking at
| the screen during the day.
| wkat4242 wrote:
| That's Google design these days. White on light white on
| sightly darker white.
|
| Apparently it's modern and people have thought about it. I
| guess those people wear sunglasses all day.
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