Wow, that page does look a lot like what I concocted this morning - see earlier in the thread or here is the link again: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dASGp5U0jRNZ3Kzb-LtzeOtUACqlLVh9GZdiKTftTOQ/edit
My major concern with that page, now that I know it's there, is that there is no explanation of the APIs that are more suitable for data consumption than the main API (XAPI, Overpass). If I get some time I will add some info. But I think, for the main web site, we want something that is curated a little more tightly than a wiki page. Martijn On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2012/10/16 Tom Hughes <t...@compton.nu>: >> The problem I see is, other than pointing to planet.openstreetmap.org I'm >> not sure where else we would send them? > > > You could point them here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Downloading_data > > I think what is really missing are some short explanations, e.g. that > the export tab is using ressources on the server and therefore only > small areas can be downloaded and that there are alternative > downloading options (and then point them to the wiki page above). > > It is all stuff that might seem obvious to you and to most people > involved in OSM and maybe also for CS-people not so involved in > general, but it isn't for someone occasionally looking at our page and > clicking on the export tab. > > cheers, > Martin > > _______________________________________________ > dev mailing list > dev@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev -- martijn van exel http://oegeo.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev
