OpenStreetMap
Greasemonkey, or how to embed OSM into geocaching.com
Posted by IgnoredAmbience on 29 April 2008 in English.
Greasemonkey is a brilliant plugin for Mozilla Firefox which allows you to run JavaScript snippets on loading certain webpages.
Using Greasemonkey, it is possible to embed OSM into other websites.
Several months ago, I originally started to embed Ordnance Survey maps into geocaching.com, since there was a reasonable demand for this functionality.
In the most recent version (after working on the OL codebase a little), I added OSM to the available layers for the map widget in an attempt to spread OSM's reputation among geocachers. The good news is that two people have already commented that they're surprised by OSM's coverage, and have started mapping their own data!
I gradually intend to push OSM further up the layer list and hopefully make it the default layer in future versions.
Discussion
Comment from xsteadfastx on 29 April 2008 at 07:00
where can i find the greasemonkey script? this would be awsome.
Comment from NicRoets on 29 April 2008 at 09:38
It's at http://groups.google.com/group/enhanced-os-maps-for-geocaching
This is sooo greeaat !
Comment from IgnoredAmbience on 29 April 2008 at 16:11
Hmm, a reasonably good response, I'll push an update to remember the last layer selected ASAP.
Comment from HannesHH on 29 April 2008 at 16:34
Great job!
I wish geocaching.com would use OSM maps by default to encourage GPS-lovers to contribute.
Comment from zby-cz on 21 October 2009 at 10:57
It doesnt work for me any more, it just shows the google maps. Isnt that userscript out of date? But i would love to see OSM maps instead all the google maps on GC.com website :) thanks
Comment from richlv on 15 July 2016 at 21:21
in the meantime, geocaching moved to osm as the default (mapquest open tiles), then moved back to google maps when mapquest open tiles disappeared. anybody got a snippet for firefox to use osm again ? google maps… are lacking any and every useful detail.