On the contrary, I use openstreetmap.org all the time. Whenever I
encounter a place I'm unfamiliar with, I look it up on
openstreetmap.org. I almost never look at renderings of OSM data through
another web-site. In Facebook postings and emails, where I want to link
to a map it's invariably to openstreetmap.org that I link. I personally
don't see openstreetmap.org as a contributor-oriented web site. I see it
as a showcase to the world - though of course it must always provide me
with a pathway to edit the database.
Steve
On 17/11/2013 21:47, Jonathan wrote:
I think the point Rob was making is that OpenStreetMap.org can't be
all things to all men and neither should it attempt to be. There are
many many instances of OSM map data rendered in ways that appeal to
various users, the OpenStreetMap.org page should show a generic map
use with information and links to encourage new users and new
contributors. As a regular contributor I rarely go to
OpenStreetMap.org, I approach the map data from other more specialised
routes depending on my needs.
I feel that the new layout is an improvement on the current and pretty
well gets the balance right.
Personally speaking I don't feel it would be a terrible idea to ditch
the OpenStreetMap.org map and just have this page as the homepage:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Using_OpenStreetMap
I don't believe OSM is about rendering maps, isn't it about creating a
cartographic database?
Jonathan
http://bigfatfrog67.me
On 17/11/2013 21:14, Oliver Jowett wrote:
On 17 November 2013 15:06, Rob Nickerson <rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com
<mailto:rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com>> wrote:
To use the map I'd prefer not to have that signup box
floating around all the time (I am only logged in when I am
about to edit).
Oliver
You could tick the stay logged in button,
I don't retain cookies between browser sessions.
or alternatively if you want a full screen map there are plenty
of sites that provide alternate views of OSM data. One such full
screen example is at:
http://faffy.openstreetmap.org/?zoom=4&lat=47.63024&lon=1.75347&layers=00000000B
Is the response to "Here's a usability issue with the proposed
changes" really "use something else then"?
Oliver
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