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Information
  • Website by Steffen Neubauer & Michael Auer
  • OSM-Data processing for WMS by Steffen Neubauer (in progress)
  • Cartography styling by Michael Auer (in progress)
  • WMS maintenance by Michael Auer
  • GeoWebCache maintenance by Michael Auer
  • Hillshade processing by Michael Auer & Magnus Fees

  • Geodata update: weekly
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    Technology
  • Map Client: OpenLayers
  • WebMapService (WMS): GeoServer
  • WMS Cache (OSM & Hillshade): GeoWebCache
  • DataBase: PostgreSQL

    • Example Requests: Please contact us, if you will use the map in a application.
  • WMS of Europe as GeoWebCache:
    • URL: http://129.206.229.158/cached/osm? (for OpenLayers)
    Demo: GetCapabilities / GetMap
  • HillShade of Europe as GeoWebCache:
    • URL: http://129.206.229.158/cached/hillshade? (for OpenLayers)
    Demo: GetCapabilities / GetMap
  • WMS of Europe as OGC WebMapService:
    • Due to heavy traffic on our wms-url, this service is temporarily closed. Please use the GeoWebCache for your applications. Thanks.
    News
    2010-07-14 : geodata update
    2010-04-01 : service moved to GIScience, Dept. of Geography, University of Heidelberg
    2010-02-06 : geodata update
    2010-01-10 : geodata update
    2009-12-19 : geodata update
    2009-12-12 : geodata update
    2009-12-05 : geodata update
    2009-11-28 : geodata update
    2009-11-07 : geodata update
    2009-10-31 : geodata update
    2009-10-28 : New SetMarker Function with possibility to send a personalized map with marker via Permalink to a friend
    New Overlay: Barrierfree facilities (OSM-Tags: wheelchair=yes; blind=yes; capacity:disabled=yes|number;)
        Only visible when zoomed in between zoomlevel 15 to 18
    2009-10-24 : geodata update
    2009-10-17 : geodata update
    2009-10-10 : geodata update
    2009-10-04 : geodata update
    2009-10-02 : performance tuning
    2009-09-27 : geodata update
    2009-09-20 : geodata update
    2009-09-13 : geodata update
    2009-09-06 : geodata update
    2009-08-30 : geodata update
    2009-08-24 : geodata update
    2009-08-17 : geodata update
    2009-08-10 : geodata update (with errors!)
    2009-08-03 : cartography styling update
    2009-08-03 : geodata update
    2009-07-27 : geodata update
    2009-07-15 : OSM-data processing - relation handling debugged
    2009-07-15 : geodata update
    2009-07-08 : Hillshade presented at AGIT Postersession:
    Auer, M., Fees, M., Neubauer, S., Over, M. (2009):
    A Workflow for Processing a Hillshade WMS-Layer
    for entire Europe based on SRTM - the case of www.osm-wms.de.
    AGIT 2009. Symposium für Angewandte Informatik. Salzburg. Austria.
    2009-07-06 : OSM-data processing - relation handling (beta)
    2009-07-02 : geodata update
    2009-06-23 : News @ http://www.vdv-online.de
    2009-06-23 : geodata update
    2009-06-18 : News @     http://gis-biz.info
    2009-06-16 : more geodata available, for example Africa
    2009-06-16 : geodata update
    2009-06-11 : geodata update
    2009-06-10 : website update (please clear your browser cache.)
    2009-06-10 : measurement & permalink debugged (thanks to community)
    2009-06-08 : News @ Research Group Cartography
    2009-06-06 : geodata update
    2009-06-05 : hillshade for europe is online
    2009-06-03 : hillshade for germany is online (more comming soon)
    2009-05-31 : geodata update
    2009-05-27 : new geometry features
    2009-05-27 : geodata update
    2009-05-20 : geodata update
    2009-05-03 : geodata update
    2009-04-26 : geodata update
    2009-04-19 : geodata update
    2009-04-12 : geodata update
    2009-04-09 : geodata update
    2009-03-24 : OSM coastline integrated
    2009-03-22 : geodata update
    2009-03-08 : geodata update
    2009-03-03 : geodata update
    2009-02-25 : geodata update
    2009-02-17 : geodata update
    2009-02-13 : www.osm-wms.de is online
    Applications which use the map
    www.OSM-3D.org
    www.OpenRouteService.org
    Screenshots
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    License
  • Geodata: OpenStreetMap (OSM) (Thanks to Geofabrik)
    License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0

  • Geodata: Original data for hillshade: CIAT-CSI SRTM
    Terms of use from CIAT: Users are prohibited from any commercial, non-free resale,
    or redistribution without explicit written permission from CIAT.
    Original data by Jarvis A., H.I. Reuter, A. Nelson, E. Guevara, 2008, Hole-filled seamless
    SRTM data V4, International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT),
    available from http://srtm.csi.cgiar.org.

  • Geodata: Hillshade layer by GIScience, Dept. of Geography, University of Heidelberg
    Terms of use: Users are free to use the hillshade layer for non commercial purposes.
    Please refer to our project site www.osm-wms.de.
    • Contact
    Chair of Geoinformatics/GIScience
    Department of Geography
    University of Heidelberg, Germany
    http://www.geog.uni-heidelberg.de/giscience.html

    Email:
    auer[at]uni-heidelberg.de
    ©2010 Chair of Geoinformatics/GIScience,University of Heidelberg