On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 7:17 PM, Tom Hughes <[email protected]> wrote: >> ## Getting data out of osm.org >> >> - Starting from osm.org it could be more straightforward to find proper >> download options >> - Export tab on osm.org is one of the most popular locations, but needs a >> lot of improvement. E.g. it does not explain how the downloaded data can be >> used. How can export be more actionable?
> Exporting raw data was never the primary purpose of the export tab - it was > really added to address the constant request for the ability to export > images of an area. Do we have statics (web logs) that show which functionality people use? > The data export things was something I threw in because I could, and for > most purposes people should be looking elsewhere for raw data. I can see your concern about resources here, but is the export tab currently a source of problems? If so, then I can see a good argument for providing something like the gui I made for XAPI but integrated with the OSM site (but hitting an xapi or overpass backend). - Serge _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev
