<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On 16 Jun 2009, at 19:38, Tim Waters (chippy) wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>One of the main annoyances that people tell me that they have with OSM<br>is that whenever they visit the site, the map shows them just the UK.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "></span></div></blockquote><div><br></div>Only if they have a UK IP. Getting more specific than country level is usually unreliable.<br><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#144FAE"><br></font></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Would zooming based on IP Address be a good idea?</span></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Already done to the country level.</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>How about using cookies for non-logged in users?<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>This is already the case. It doesn't matter if you are logged in to get it to show the last place viewed.</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>How do other mapping websites do things, and are there any lessons to learn?<br><br>(One main difference on other sites is that their search box is much<br>more prominent)<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>The search is intentionally not prominent because it struggles when more then a couple of people try searching at the same. Once improved search facilities are provided (they are currently in, this des</div><div><br></div><div>Shaun</div><div><br></div></div></body></html>