[tahoe-dev] [tahoe-lafs] #642: world map with tahoe pins in it

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#642: world map with tahoe pins in it
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 Reporter:  zooko    |           Owner:  somebody 
     Type:  task     |          Status:  new      
 Priority:  minor    |       Milestone:  undecided
Component:  website  |         Version:  1.3.0    
 Keywords:           |   Launchpad_bug:           
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Comment(by jbglaw):

 Okay, so I will make some comments on this.

 There are several different methods to get what you want.

 1. Lets enter node data into the openstreetmap database (so that it's
 there for everybody), query a list from there and put this list (in .kml
 format or something like that) on some web server, as well das some lines
 of JavaScript displaying a map with the marks from the above KML file.

 2. Enter all data to openstreetmap and /render/ new tile images with our
 dots directly on the map. This is much more work (in man hours, as well as
 in CPU cycles, storage and bandwidth).

 3. Don't enter the data into the openstreetmap database, but keep a
 private listing somewhere. (This means that somebody must update the list,
 or write an email bot or something like that.) Display the privately
 updated list via OpenLayers ontop of the regular openstreetmap map.

 Personaly, I'd go the first route. Esp. in that case, I'd write a script
 fetching the data as well as the OpenLayers stuff to display it. You only
 need to put that on a web server somewhere.

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