> > MapQuest Open is the only map style I never truly understood - it's a > general purpose map, while others have their purpose stated clear in the > name. What were the reason behind taking it on board, does anybody know?
MapQuest matches the prerequisites to be a feature tile on OSM homepage [1]. About the rendering for the mappers: A similar discussion recently started on the *talk* mailing list [2]. [1]: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Featured_tiles [2]: https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2014-June/070074.html 2014-07-09 16:44 GMT-03:00 Daniel Koć <dan...@xn--ko-wla.pl>: > W dniu 09.07.2014 19:08, SomeoneElse napisał(a): > > Historically, the "standard" style was a "for mappers" style - it was >> designed to show features that mappers had mapped. That has been >> changing (largely without community involvement or review). I tried >> > > That is exactly what I would expect! There are few nice themed styles on > the main page, but no such "working" map. It doesn't need to be ugly, but > its functionality for mappers must come first. > > It seems like the end goal is something a bit like what the >> Mapquestion Open style already provides (a summary of road >> information, not much else), which seems a curious design decision >> given that Mapquest Open tiles are already available as a style on the >> front page. >> > > MapQuest Open is the only map style I never truly understood - it's a > general purpose map, while others have their purpose stated clear in the > name. What were the reason behind taking it on board, does anybody know? > OpenSeaMap or anything like this would better complete the set of maps we > can use from the main page, this one is just duplicating the purpose of our > default map. > > I have no preference which general map should be default - the "beauty" > one or the "working" one - but two "beauty" maps and no "working" one makes > no sense to me. When I act as an end-user of OSM, I want better search and > additional services (routing is what I miss the most), not the nicer > rendering. When I act as a mapper, I want to simply see all my tags. > > -- > Mambałaga > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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