Research: Rust OSM + WASM for interactive web visualization#146
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Research into building interactive OSM visualization web app with Rust/WASM backend. Key findings: - osm2streets has WASM support and web demo - ohsome API best for historical data (already used for Coventry) - npw provides good template (Rust+WASM+Svelte) Proposes modular architecture: Web → WASM → ohsome API
- New vignette: vignettes/historical-cycling-infrastructure.Rmd - Analysis using Python osmium to extract historical OSM data - Results: 12% growth in cycle infrastructure (485.7km -> 544km) - Key finding: Cycle lanes surged 192% in 2026 (13km -> 38km) - Data files: cycle_infrastructure_by_year.json + way IDs for each year
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Summary
Research into building an interactive OSM visualization web app with Rust/WASM backend.
Key Findings
osm2streets (a-b-street)
ohsome API
npw template
Proposed Architecture
Next Steps
Research Document
See
docs/rust-osm-wasm-research.mdfor detailed findings.This PR adds research document and explores feasibility of modular Rust-based OSM web app.