SOTLAS error - also new maps style and improvements

[HB9DQM]

@OE5JFE

Okay I understand. Not sure what the rank means. I guess it is related to the type of accomodation? Hotel, Guesthouse, Hut ?

I assume it’s a ranking of “importantness” or “size” of some sorts. Not sure where the data comes from.

@OE5JFE

Not sure if Maptiler offers something like that but is there a way to show a legend like it is common on paper maps?
To show e.g. that red-white dashed is a via-ferrata?

I guess that would have to be created manually. There is a component that tries to automate this based on the layers in the stylesheet, but it’s more geared towards toggling layers and looks quite technical and probably confusing to the end user (@watergis/maplibre-gl-legend - npm).

If anybody has experience with MapBox/MapLibre (especially stylesheets) and wants to help with map styling and associated tasks, let me know.

And now I’ll go spend some time on other things than maps

[OE5JFE]

@HB9DQM

spend some time on other things than maps

thanks for all the work. Enjoy the day!

[M0VAZ]

Is it possible to show road numbers on the map?
For example
https://sotl.as/summits/GW/MW-027

As you zoom in / view the map using Map Tiler/OSM the road number do not show?

Thanks John

[OE5JFE]

@HB9DQM

stylesheet for SOTLAS, I focused on hiking trails

Hi Manuel,

Any news from the Maptiler support regarding the T1-T6 ratings of OE hiking trails?

73 Joe

[HB9DQM]

@OE5JFE

Any news from the Maptiler support regarding the T1-T6 ratings of OE hiking trails?

MapTiler support responded saying that they will pass it to their data team to look at. Looks like nothing has happened yet.

[M0KVI]

Loving seeing the AZ on a map. I contemplated building an shp data file with polygonal data for England and Wales. Still on the table at mo.

[OE5JFE]

@HB9DQM

pass it to their data team to look at

I took a bit of time looking at the Openstreetmap data - which I guess is also the basis for MapTiler. And I could not find any differences between OE and HB9 regarding the path metadata.

The important TAG sac_scale is set (in combination with ‘highway’ = path )

So big ? why it is not working…
But I guess we have to wait for the big company to have a look at small OE

This is no push for you Manuel in any way. Just sharing what I looked at.

73 Joe

[HB9DQM]

@OE5JFE

So big ? why it is not working…
But I guess we have to wait for the big company to have a look at small OE

My guess is that MapTiler merged OSM hiking trail data with some other (national?) data source for OE, and in the process, the sac_scale tags from OSM got lost.

73, Manuel HB9DQM

[OE5JFE]

Thanks Manuel (and I guess Andrew for making them available) for adding the “summit tags” to sotl.as

Great to see when great things get even better

[G6PJZ]

Hi Manuel, first thanks again for the superb resource that is SOTLAS. I noticed a possible bug checking the link to GI/AH-010. It opens the page from the Database, but when I clicked the link to the access report, I could not read the actual content of the report; it just shows the heading. The link does work correctly when accessing the summit information direct through the Database. I’m using an iPad on the latest software if that makes a difference.

[OE5JFE]

It looks like the wrong URL gets served via SOTL.as

E.g. for OE/OO-449

Correct URL at SOTAdata:

> https://www.sotadata.org.uk/en/summits/article/33200/view

sotl.as links to

> https://summits.sota.org.uk/article/38785/view

which redirects to

> https://www.sotadata.org.uk/en/summits/article/38785/view

So the ID Number in the URL is wrong.
My guess is that @VK3ARR is working on the database and the IDs of the articles changed?

My mountaingoat senses expect a reveal of a new version of some SOTA services

[VK3ARR]

@OE5JFE

So the ID Number in the URL is wrong.
My guess is that @VK3ARR is working on the database and the IDs of the articles changed?

Yes, this is the case. However, it should be transparent, unless Manuel is caching the article IDs somewhere (possible).

@OE5JFE

My mountaingoat senses expect a reveal of a new version of some SOTA services

I’d better get a warning note out sometime today about it all.

[VK3ARR]

@VK3ARR

unless Manuel is caching the article IDs somewhere (possible).

I’ve worked out what’s going on on the SOTL.as side and put in a workaround that will mean Manuel doesn’t need to freak out rapidly to fix.

[OE5JFE]

@HB9DQM

sac_scale tags from OSM got lost

Sorry to bring it up again.
Only because someone in the OE SOTA Signal group was asking why it does not work in OE…
I guess no news from Maptiler in that regard?

73 Joe

[HB9DQM]

No news yet – I’ve just asked again.

[HB9DQM]

Just got an update from MapTiler support:

Not yet. It is now part of the Outdoor Activities initiative that will overhaul our outdoor dataset completely, adding an array of new data.

Looking at its status, it seems to be either part of Q4 or Q1 next year.