I added some more improvements to my MapOSMatic instance:
- selecting a GUI language works again
- slippy maps are now created with Leaflet instead of OpenLayers
- rendered maps list and details page now show rendered area
- city search is fast again
(details below)
Selecting a GUI language works again
That one turned out to be simple after all:
Somewhere along upgrading to newer Django versions the path that translations are searched in for changed from www to www/maposmatic
Slippy maps now using Leaflet
By switching from Openlayers to Leaflet some features could be added or improved by using Leaflet plugins:
- how to select a geographic are for rendering is now far more obvious
- modifying a selection by moving and resizing is now possible
- geographic area selection now has a search feature
Showing requested area in maps list and detail view
The bounding box of the selected city or area is now shown as a blue rectangle on the area map
City search is fast again
City search works by first querying Nominatim for possible matching OSM objects, then checking the local database whether a returned match is indeed a city.
As this query is done by the objects osm_id an index on this column greatly improves search performance
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