Last weekend I decided that it would nice thing to have a little apple script which would download, configure and install Tiles@Home on my mac and possibly on any other apple machine out there waiting for OSM to eat up its CPU time. After installing Tiles@Home on Debian with virtually no problems at all I thought this might be a very easy thing to pull off... Well, after spending almost a whole day on downloading, compiling and installing thousands of little perl-scripts and native libs in order to get it running, believe it or not, I changed my mind. But hey, its working now :)

If you have alot of time and want to install T@H on your Mac too, take a look into the Wiki. I've made a *small* installation guide for OS X there. Its only 10 times as longs as all the others ;) osm.wiki/index.php/Tiles%40home/Install_Guide#Installation_instructions

Anybody out there having some firsthand experience on installing T@H on windows?

Well, this is it! My first blog post ever! Let it better be a good one then ;)

I just uploaded all my gpx-files (about 7.5 megs) and was rather annoyed by the nonexisting possibility to upload multiple files at once and even more of the missing progress bar :/

Actually it seems like I'm a little iffy today anyway, because the only thing I feel like is complaining. So lets keep it up: I'm still not satisfied with the way JOSM is behaving on my Mac. For once there is no way to scroll in it, other than connecting a mouse with two buttons and sometimes things are just a little queer.
Maybe I will get the source one day and put my Java-skills to good use... All it really takes is adding a new button and a if-clause to change the shortcuts to the "Apple-Style" if OS X is the current operating system. Sounds like something I can manage :D
Other than that: A BIG HUG TO THE GUY's and GIRL's (hopefully ^^) WHO BROUGHT US THIS VERY EASY TO USE TOOL :)

I'm currently working on a virtual machine image of Tiles@Home, with my friend Brian "the Brain" Schimmel, so everyone can have a private Tiles@Home, without all the trouble needed to install it by hand...

Up to this day I have mapped some parts of Wernigerode (most of which was stolen, by someone who was daring enough to add street names, I will get you for this one you *#?%$"& ;) ) and all of my home town/village Berßel.
Actually I decided to map my old place of residence Osterwieck tomorrow.