[squeak-dev] ANN: TiledMaps library - OpenStreetMaps, Bing Maps, Thunderforest maps and so on

John-Reed Maffeo jrmaffeo at gmail.com
Mon Feb 12 19:48:55 UTC 2018


Tony,

This is quite an interesting application. Great work!

What does the future hold ?

-jrm

On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 5:14 AM, Marcel Taeumel <marcel.taeumel at hpi.de>
wrote:

> Woah, cool! :) Thank you!
>
> +1 for the screencast. :-D
>
> Best,
> Marcel
>
> Am 11.02.2018 20:07:10 schrieb Tony Garnock-Jones <
> tonyg at leastfixedpoint.com>:
> Hi all,
>
> Today I've been hacking on a thing called TiledMaps:
>
> http://squeaksource.com/TiledMaps.html
>
> The package can load and cache static, prerendered map tiles from a
> variety of sources including OpenStreetMaps, Bing Maps, and so on.
>
> It includes a geocoder query service which maps free-text queries to
> regions of the planet's surface. The service can be backed by the
> Nominatim service (associated with OpenStreetMaps), the Bing geocoder,
> the Google geocoder, and so on.
>
> Selection of tilesets is independent of selection of geocoder, so you
> can mix and match.
>
> The package includes a "slippy map" morph called TiledMapMorph, that
> allows interaction with a map using the mouse. It includes a few hooks
> for EToys, too, so EToys scripting of the map is possible.
>
> I've recorded a short (< 10="" min)="" demo="" video="" showing="" the=""
> package="" in="">
>
> https://youtu.be/T_TDhAAxuy0
>
> Cheers,
> Tony
>
> PS. All the Bing services require an API key. You can get one of your
> own from https://www.bingmapsportal.com/. Included in the package are a
> few other tile sources and geocoders that need API keys as well - you'll
> need to check the websites and terms&conditions for each service you
> want to use.
>
> PPS. In particular, Google's terms&conditions explicitly forbid
> downloading map tiles without going through their Javascript API. The
> package honours this restriction.
>
>
>
>
>
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