On 22.01.2013 09:35, Ilya Zverev wrote: > When a > marker is clicked, a popup appears with relevant tags translated into > russian: name, opening_hours (parsed), address (using reverse > geocoding), cuisine for restaurants, operator, website etc.
I like that part, it's clear that effort has gone into a user-friendly presentation of the data. > I'd like to expect something no less spectacular and useful on the > openstreetmap.org. Right now, in Roland's version, it isn't even clear > that one should click on the map to get information. I also agree that the lack of pointer feedback is a bit of an usability problem with Roland's solution. This is probably a result of the technology - it only appears to look for POI after the click, which prevents subtle feedback like changing the mouse cursor or highlighting an object. However, the approach with the very large and prominent markers on openstreetmap.ru can only really be used together with the feature catalogue. If every single POI in the map were to be represented like that, the screen would be flooded with markers. A feature catalogue requires a very different approach to using the map, though: The user has to be quite methodical to first decide what they are looking for, then open the appropriate category in the catalogue. Spontaneous spatial exploration would not happen. So it's not a given that it would be the right user interface for osm.org. Tobias _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk