OpenStreetMap
"Latest Changes" is mobile friendly now
Posted by rene78 on 23 December 2021 in English. Last updated on 15 April 2022.Recently I have worked a bit on the web app “Latest Changes” (https://rene78.github.io/latest-changes/) in order to make it more mobile-friendly. Hope someone finds it useful.
Quick reminder to the ones of you, who don’t know the app yet. The purpose is to check recent OSM changes within a certain cartographic boundary, for example your home town. It is very simple and powerful:
- Open the Latest-Changes web app.
- Zoom to the area of interest
- Check and validate the changesets of the last 7 days (1 day, 3 days, 1 month).
- Bookmark the URL to regularly come back and monitor your area of interest.
The link on top leads to my version of the app. The original one can be found under https://tyrasd.github.io/latest-changes/
Discussion
Comment from bryceco on 25 December 2021 at 17:27
I don’t see any markers on iOS using either Safari or Firefox Focus (didn’t try other browsers).
Comment from rene78 on 26 December 2021 at 00:38
This app has a little drawback unfortunately: The database where the information is downloaded (Overpass) stops returning data if too many requests are sent to the server. I could imagine that this happened in your case while zooming to your area of interest. Can you try to open the page again? It should start right at the same location where you left off and only a single server request is sent out. Then it should work.
Comment from bryceco on 26 December 2021 at 04:32
Okay it’s working now. It would be great to have a button to zoom to your current location.
Comment from rene78 on 26 December 2021 at 14:05
Good idea! Just implemented with help of a locate button below the zoom buttons. Thanks for the hint!
Comment from Kevin Simper on 30 December 2021 at 13:47
Hi :) I tried on my iPad and clicked the locate (i am in Copenhagen) and I did not see anything. Tried refreshing. After long time went back to the tab and saw an red error message, “Too many requests”.
Would it be possible to add a loading indicator?
Comment from rene78 on 31 December 2021 at 17:30
It’s strange. When I was working on this error message infobox I wasn’t able to provoke a single http error, no matter how often I downloaded. You guys seem to have a lot more issues.
I could add a spinner loading animation. But a progress bar isn’t really possible because only a single file is downloaded. I’ll have a look.
Comment from GrabMY_FaizDjamil on 8 July 2022 at 09:02
great tool to monitor local hometown edits and to prevent vandalism!