On 26/10/18 17:26, Maarten Deen wrote:
When you search on something in the searchbox on openstreetmap.org
that returns multiple results, the map moves to the first result and
when you hover over the result it displays a marker.
But for all the other results, you need to click to see where it is.
I am planning to develop an mobile app to optimize ski area data provided by
OSM. The user should be able to use the app for locating him- or herself in a
ski area and have a look at all the different slopes and lifts and all their
details. But the user should also be able to optimize the data o
On 2018-10-26 14:22, Valentina Böhm wrote:
What would you recommend regarding authentication? Is it ok if users
of my app are committing data on my behalf or should all users have
their own OSM account?
I would not let users edit on your account. Then you will get the
comments and possibly gr
Hi,
On 26.10.2018 14:22, Valentina Böhm wrote:
> What would you recommend regarding authentication? Is it ok if users of
> my app are committing data on my behalf or should all users have their
> own OSM account?
Using a central account for aggregated user contributions is
discouraged; if some of
A middle ground could be that your users upload a gpx file with osm-compatible
information so that more skilled OSM contributors can use them to edit the map.
It relieve your app from the burden of being a map editor.
However, information will probably be lost in the process, we prefer first hand
You can hit the "back" button in the browser to go back to the list
after clicking on one (this is not obviously communicated to the user
but it does work). I agree in general though that this part of the site
is not great UI wise. Not sure what to do to change it for the better,
but it defin
As others have said, users should authenticate with their own OSM accounts so
that malicious edits can be detected.
There's a very good Java library - osmapi - which I would strongly recommend
for doing editing from within an Android app. It's developed by Tobias Zwick,
developer of StreetCom
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