Hi Roland, I agree with your criticisms on the show data feature. However, I think it would better (easier for people to use) to fix the issues with show data, rather than duplicating a bunch of its functionality in a new way. You could put your "tag" -> English translation into it, somehow fix the selection issue, and don't show all data items at low zoom, it would be mostly straightened out.
I still think it makes sense to have a clickable map, but instead to attempting to show everything inside of a tiny bounding box, see if you can add some logic to display just one item, in more detail. You would need to be smart (aka make some assumptions) about selecting the correct OSM object. If you get the selection correct, you can show all of the information for the object (including rolling up the town, state,country data with just one click. Just a thought ... Jason. On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 12:21 AM, Roland Olbricht <roland.olbri...@gmx.de> wrote: > Hi Jason, > >> Without some context it is hard to make any comments. What are the >> goals/user scenarios of the feature > > The feature shows all elements that have a well-understood meaning by their > tagging. So the mapper gets a basic feedback what of his edits have made sense > in the commonly accepted semantics. Additionally it is useful to get quick > information about what exists in a certain location, in particular at any zoom > level. > >> not covered by the show data function? > > The data function is essentially a read-only view like an in-place editor. So > it is only useful for me if I don't want to log in at that moment. It cares > about raw data, without any processing. It is in particular deeply hidden, > bceause it works in dense areas only on the highest zoom level, and then only > with patience. For example > http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/50.73183/7.09999 > still takes around 10 seconds to load, and it is difficult to select the right > object. > > Cheers, > > Roland > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
