I don't think we should drop maps completely from the front page but I think we should show more of what is special about the project. The mapnik render is a competent general purpose map but unless you zoom in to show footpaths and the like it looks no different to gmaps. Whereas if I'm a cyclist and I see the the cycle map or a skier seeing openpistemap I think that would be a lot more inspirational.
Kevin On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 5:56 PM, Richard Mann < richard.mann.westoxf...@googlemail.com> wrote: > "We're about data" - the map IS the data. I defy anyone to illustrate more > data in any other way. > > Maybe the map should try to show more of the data (render the lines narrow > so more shows up, maybe with names appearing at only higher zooms) rather > than the default being an all-purpose street map. But hey, like it's called > openstreetmap, so maybe starting with a street map isn't a bad idea. > > I'd like the layers tab to be a sequence of pictograms always showing (a > pedestrian, a cyclist, a bus, a car), with the plus just there for 2nd-level > investigation. If that gave you cascade access to alternative renderings > (slippys and one-offs) that'd be a bonus. > > I'd also like to be able to give a URL that had a city-name in it rather > than a umpteen-decimal lat/lon. > > RIchard >
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