Freeciv-web now supports choosing any map in the world using OpenStreetMap, and playing Freeciv on that map. I implemented this feature this weekend. Feel free to post any feedback here.
Thanks! Do you have any ideas for other interesting things to do with OSM maps and Freeciv? We could for example use the GeoLocation APIs in Javascript also.
The satellite/aerial imagery you show on the first page is strictly a Mapbox product, it isn't something from OSM. So attributing OSM on that slippy is incorrect.
Do you pull OSM data from somewhere to generate the map? I get the idea that the map is maybe being built from the shown imagery tiles, in which case OSM wouldn't be involved at all.
If you're in the suburbs, it seems like the barbarian spawn rate might be too high. (And, by "barbarian", I mean "children".)
But, I agree. I've often thought how cool it would be to be able to generate game maps (for all sorts of games) of various real places, including places I'm familiar with. Civ is the low-hanging fruit. Not to say this isn't an impressive feat; it's very cool.
Looks cool, but I get a Network error, "Unable to communicate with the civclientlauncher servlet. Error: error OK null". Do I have to install something first?
