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NACIS 2013: Cartography for a Changing Map

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October 11, 2013
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NACIS 2013: Cartography for a Changing Map

Presented at NACIS 2013 in Greenville, SC.

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October 11, 2013
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  1. Global • All the data OpenStreetMap has to offer, and

    more • Multiscale: 20+ Web Mercator zoom levels • Multiple label language options
  2. Scalable • Cloud servers that get added and dropped constantly

    can’t be too “heavy” • Tiles should load just as fast with 10 users as with 10,000 users • Apply different styles to the same underlying data
  3. Up to date • Currently sync with OSM every 5

    minutes • We want this to be even faster • The world is always changing
  4. OSM Changes 1.5 million changes per day over 1000 changes

    per minute http://osmstats.altogetherlost.com
  5. City labels • Custom list of scaleranks (based on Natural

    Earth) and label direction hints • Fuzzy spatial & fuzzy text join function between incoming OSM data + our list