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privong / magellan

Analysis of GPS location data.
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Tile server no longer available #38

Closed privong closed 6 years ago

privong commented 8 years ago

Find a new way to make map thumbnails for map_location.py: http://devblog.mapquest.com/2016/06/15/modernization-of-mapquest-results-in-changes-to-open-tile-access/

privong commented 8 years ago

Free tile access can be restored by getting an API key. So map_locations.py may just need to be updated with the URL and magellan.cfg(.example) updated with the API key.

privong commented 7 years ago

Instead of doing this via an online server, use cartopy for offline map creation. Via Natural Earth, many/all of the interesting map features (borders, oceans/lakes, population centers) are available via offline downloads. Caching these datsets requires local storage but releases the user from the need to get API keys and enables offline map creation (potentially with more customization).

privong commented 6 years ago

Moving this to target 0.4.0, because implementing cartopy will be easier for me if i just do it in python3.