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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">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.<br>
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Steve<br>
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On 17/11/2013 21:47, Jonathan wrote:<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">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.<br>
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I feel that the new layout is an improvement on the current and
pretty well gets the balance right.<br>
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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: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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I don't believe OSM is about rendering maps, isn't it about
creating a cartographic database?<br>
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Jonathan<br>
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On 17/11/2013 21:14, Oliver Jowett wrote:<br>
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<div>To use the map I'd prefer not to
have that signup box floating around
all the time (I am only logged in when
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<div class="gmail_extra">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:<br>
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href="http://faffy.openstreetmap.org/?zoom=4&lat=47.63024&lon=1.75347&layers=00000000B"
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<div>Is the response to "Here's a usability issue with the
proposed changes" really "use something else then"?</div>
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