Am 09.07.2013 09:36, schrieb Maarten Deen: > ......... > The problem with OSM is that with Google, Google maps is the go-to > site to get everything: map, routing, information. With OSM it is not. > And while it is perfectly clear that OSM has limited resources and > will probably never be able to offer all services from one portal, it > is the biggest downside we have at the moment. > I go to openstreetmap.org to see the map and/or search for places > I go to osrm.at to get car routing > I go to fietsrouteplanner-zuid.nl for bicycle routing in my neighborhood > I go to maps.cloudmade.com for general bicycle or walking routing > I go to opengastromap.de to get proper restaurant information > (unfortunately Germany only) > > It just is less userfriendly than having it all on one site.
It is a bit like Android vs. iOS with google in the role pf Apple :-) And this is essentially what I was implying with my comments that we and the OSM ecosystem can't/don't leverage the strength of the OpenStreetMap brand. <visionary_mode> Assuming that we don't want to change our modus operandi, one of the way we might be able to improve things is for openstreetmap.org to have more of a brokerage role in the OSM. While I have been mainly thinking about this in the context of map tile and consulting providers, there is no real reason why we couldn't do something along such lines for routing services, search engines and so on. One way this could work would be similar to umap tied to your OSM account (umap actually already offers a lot of the functionality). So you could choose and configure the map tiles you wanted to see on your version of osm, which search engine to use and so one (and allow a way to easily embed such a map on your web site). It would probably need some minimum API/UI rules but not What is tricky is how to handle commercial offerings (however they are financed directly or by ads), but I think this could be worked out. </visionary_mode> Simon _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
