[OSM-talk] API URL cannot be resolved (was Re: Welcome box on the new map page)

2013-11-30 Thread Andrew Errington
Why can't I upload with JOSM today? Is it related to the new UI changes? I get this error: Failed to open a connection to the remote server 'http://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/'. Host name 'api.openstreetmap.org' could not be resolved. Please check the API URL in your preferences and your in

Re: [OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page

2013-11-30 Thread Paul Norman
> From: Lester Caine [mailto:les...@lsces.co.uk] > Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2013 1:51 PM > To: talk@openstreetmap.org > Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page > > Which is why I simply ask that the old layout is made available again as that > only requires access to pages tha

Re: [OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page

2013-11-30 Thread Lester Caine
Simon Poole wrote: Share - HTML ? Am 30.11.2013 23:02, schrieb Lester Caine: Lester Caine wrote: Which is why I simply ask that the old layout is made available again as that only requires access to pages that already exist. Silly question ... where has the 'embed' option gone? Tool for cr

Re: [OSM-talk] Watchlist?

2013-11-30 Thread Paul Johnson
Let's put it on the wishlist, then. Mediawiki offers the functionality I'm looking for, though it'd be nice if the OSM equivalent could do that without having to view the object to continue to receive notifications. On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 5:03 PM, Tom Hughes wrote: > On 30/11/13 21:45, Paul J

Re: [OSM-talk] Watchlist?

2013-11-30 Thread Tom Hughes
On 30/11/13 21:45, Paul Johnson wrote: Starting to wonder if I'm just being obtuse on this, since it seems like something that should already be available...but how do I watch a specific object for changes, and get an email notification when it does change? I'm not really sure what you're talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page

2013-11-30 Thread Simon Poole
Share - HTML ? Am 30.11.2013 23:02, schrieb Lester Caine: Lester Caine wrote: Which is why I simply ask that the old layout is made available again as that only requires access to pages that already exist. Silly question ... where has the 'embed' option gone?

Re: [OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page

2013-11-30 Thread Lester Caine
Lester Caine wrote: Which is why I simply ask that the old layout is made available again as that only requires access to pages that already exist. Silly question ... where has the 'embed' option gone? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?pag

Re: [OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page

2013-11-30 Thread Lester Caine
Simon Poole wrote: I really fail to see what you believe was better about the old layout, maybe if you could give an example? Just 5 examples to start with: I was not soliciting general input, just specific to Lesters complaint (which was not about functional issues for mappers). As to gener

[OSM-talk] Watchlist?

2013-11-30 Thread Paul Johnson
Starting to wonder if I'm just being obtuse on this, since it seems like something that should already be available...but how do I watch a specific object for changes, and get an email notification when it does change? ___ talk mailing list talk@openstree

Re: [OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page

2013-11-30 Thread Maarten Deen
On 2013-11-30 20:24, SomeoneElse wrote: I understand the reticence on behalf of many people to criticise suggestions from the (not being directly paid to do so) developers of the osm.org site. As a software developer myself, being asked "how am I supposed to use _that_?" and being told "that's

Re: [OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page

2013-11-30 Thread SomeoneElse
Simon Poole wrote: As to general complaints, I don't see any way forward without making somebody unhappy Understood (hence my Henry Ford quote) but on that general point - can anyone explain in what way the new site is better than the old one? I'd love to know what I can do with the new si

Re: [OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page

2013-11-30 Thread Simon Poole
Am 30.11.2013 20:24, schrieb SomeoneElse: Simon Poole wrote: I really fail to see what you believe was better about the old layout, maybe if you could give an example? Just 5 examples to start with: I was not soliciting general input, just specific to Lesters complaint (which was not about

Re: [OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page

2013-11-30 Thread SomeoneElse
Simon Poole wrote: I really fail to see what you believe was better about the old layout, maybe if you could give an example? Just 5 examples to start with: 1) On the main osm.org site, the extra space taken up by the bar at the top and the huge "welcome" area at the left distracts from the

Re: [OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page

2013-11-30 Thread James Mast
> Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 18:08:29 + > From: t...@compton.nu > To: rickmastfa...@hotmail.com; talk@openstreetmap.org > Subject: Re: Welcome box on the new map page > > On 30/11/13 17:54, James Mast wrote: > > > For instance, this url [1] used to create a feed for the for following > > area -

Re: [OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page

2013-11-30 Thread Lester Caine
Simon Poole wrote: Lester Isn't a) the welcome box and b) the Learn more/About page a -lot- better on explaining what OSM is about than anything you could find within one click (if at all) on the old site? I really fail to see what you believe was better about the old layout, maybe if you could

Re: [OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page

2013-11-30 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
> Am 30/nov/2013 um 16:51 schrieb Simon Poole : > > I really fail to see what you believe was better about the old layout, > maybe if you could give an example? the wiki was linked directly. Our wiki is the principal (loosely) structured key about osm, created by the community. Its starting p

Re: [OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page

2013-11-30 Thread Tom Hughes
On 30/11/13 17:54, James Mast wrote: For instance, this url [1] used to create a feed for the for following area -80.54,40.358,-79.526,40.779 and let me know if there were any changesets that in that bounding box. Now, all I get are the last 20 changeset in all of OSM!!! That isn't good at all

Re: [OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page

2013-11-30 Thread James Mast
Well, I do know with the new map page change, all the "changeset" search feeds are now completely broken. For instance, this url [1] used to create a feed for the for following area -80.54,40.358,-79.526,40.779 and let me know if there were any changesets that in that bounding box. Now, all I

Re: [OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page

2013-11-30 Thread malenki
On 30.11.2013 14:03, Maarten Deen wrote: > > So yes: this is a bad decision and I can only ask to make something > that you can close this box ASAP. +1 ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page

2013-11-30 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Am 30.11.2013 16:02, schrieb Frederik Ramm: Anyway, I think nobody will be hurt if we have a little [X] button in the top right corner of that welcome message, which then sets a cookie and kills the message. I'm sure someone who is bothered enough will submit a pull request for that. +1000 And p

Re: [OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page

2013-11-30 Thread Simon Poole
Lester Isn't a) the welcome box and b) the Learn more/About page a -lot- better on explaining what OSM is about than anything you could find within one click (if at all) on the old site? I really fail to see what you believe was better about the old layout, maybe if you could give an example? Si

Re: [OSM-talk] Nearby Users

2013-11-30 Thread Greg Troxel
Frederik Ramm writes: >I looked ad my personal "nearby users" list today for the first time > in a while and found only 2 people with edits in the last year, 16 > people with no edits whatsoever, and the rest between "over one year > ago" and "over five years ago". I know that OSM is vibrant

[OSM-talk] proprietary and unrelated images on the about page

2013-11-30 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
The header image on this page http://www.openstreetmap.org/about has not so much to do with OSM. http://www.openstreetmap.org/assets/about/osm-dced8787df489e83b403e979f2bf055d.png Going from left to right, of 4 (identifiable) images only 1 is OSM related (the watercolour rendering), while the mapb

Re: [OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page

2013-11-30 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On 11/30/2013 02:03 PM, Maarten Deen wrote: > Yeah. This is a bad decision. That means that non-logged in users (which > is any user that does not have an account, and that would be the > majority of the users of the map page, if it is successful) will be > bothered by this box all the time. >

Re: [OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page

2013-11-30 Thread Lester Caine
Rob Nickerson wrote: Hi Lester, If you are after a full screen map for your website, it is very easy to create one with a simple html page that links to Leaflet (the tool for providing pan and zoom, etc) and the tiles server at OSM. I've attached something I was able to get up and running quite

Re: [OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page

2013-11-30 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi Lester, If you are after a full screen map for your website, it is very easy to create one with a simple html page that links to Leaflet (the tool for providing pan and zoom, etc) and the tiles server at OSM. I've attached something I was able to get up and running quite quickly. My web develop

Re: [OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page

2013-11-30 Thread Lester Caine
Lester Caine wrote: This new front page simply does not work on many levels and I hope I'm not the only person who thinks that? No this is getting even more iritating ... Can someone with the capability to sort out DNS PLEASE create old.openstreetmap.org with a link to the old front page. Some

Re: [OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page

2013-11-30 Thread Lester Caine
Lester Caine wrote: I appreciate that this may not be what you wanted to hear, but as with any big change, there is likely to be a few teething issues. Unfortunatly this has now broken many inter site links so personally I'm looking for a route to retore a more usable interface for those of us

Re: [OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page

2013-11-30 Thread Lester Caine
Rob Nickerson wrote: I appreciate that this may not be what you wanted to hear, but as with any big change, there is likely to be a few teething issues. Unfortunatly this has now broken many inter site links so personally I'm looking for a route to retore a more usable interface for those of u

Re: [OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page

2013-11-30 Thread Maarten Deen
On 2013-11-30 13:51, Rob Nickerson wrote: How do I close the "Welcome to openstreetmap" box on the new map page? [snip] On the subject of the "Welcome Text", the idea of being able to close the welcome box was discussed but ultimately not implemented. The box does go away if you log in. I sho

Re: [OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page

2013-11-30 Thread Rob Nickerson
>How do I close the "Welcome to openstreetmap" box on the new map page? > >Regards, >Maarten > Hi Maarten, Firstly a big thank you to everyone who worked on the new design for OpenStreetMap.org website. I'm not going to try to name everyone as I am bound to miss someone out, but as you will see o

[OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page

2013-11-30 Thread Maarten Deen
How do I close the "Welcome to openstreetmap" box on the new map page? Regards, Maarten ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk