No. panoramax.mapcomplete.org is the instance where all images are uploaded to that are made with MapComplete. This welcomes images from all over the world.
panoramax.xyz is an instance which queries all known instances and will thus also show the mapcomplete images. Please refer to the wiki, I’m updating the list of instances there
I’ve created a script that uploads the MapComplete images which are hosted on Imgur to the panoramax.mapcomplete.org - instance. A small example changeset of about 100 items is here:
I will be applying this, in small batches, starting in Belgium in a few days unless people have issues with it.
What is the intended way to view these images? I tried following the instructions at the wiki for a POI from your changeset and wasn’t able to view it.
One thing that came to mind for me is the relative levels of support for the image tag vs. the panoramax one. Are there any (non-editor) apps out there that will actually display these images to users?
It would be a bit unfortunate if all previously uploaded images “go dark”, in the sense that people won’t actually see them anymore.
Would it make sense to dual-tag the images by putting Panoramax URLs in the image tag, in addition to setting the panoramax one?
(…sorry just realised this isn’t about Imgur per-se, but more about the generic image tag vs. provider-specific ones.)
It would be a bit unfortunate if all previously uploaded images “go dark”, in the sense that people won’t actually see them anymore.
This is true; but at the same time, viewers who do support both will show the same image twice.
Furthermore, we don’t tag for the renderer. Applications should learn to support ‘panoramax’, we should not duplicate data points to support some software.
I understand the pragmatism of your argument, but it will muddy the waters later on - especially because, if we don’t remove them now, we won’t know later on which images are the same.
Since the panoramax.xyz links work now I see no issue with removing the imgur links - in the event of a catastrophic failure of panaoramax infrastructure or link rot, the older links will be preserved in the object history.
I think there really needs to be wider discussion about this before mass removing image tags and breaking existing applications.
Just proposing a mechanical edit in an existing thread and waiting a few days to see if anyone objects is not enough in my opinion.
Note that I agree with the move to panoramax, and I appreciate the enthousiasm, but we must at the very least give applications time to update.
I would personally vote for an inbetween solution, like the proposed image= link to panoramax. This can easily be removed later or ignored by applications that do support both.
I know it is BY NO MEANS a full list. But if you look at taginfo, there isn’t actually that many projects using the image tag.
OpenAEDmap added panoramax support last night through a handful lines of code.