[OSM-dev] Haiti need: GetLatLon for OpenStreetMap

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

Mikel Maron wrote:
> Ushahidi, and others, are geocoding reports via OpenStreetMap. We want 
> this to be as easy and accurate for them as possible. GetLatLon 
> (http://www.getlatlon.com/) is a nice little site to do this, but uses 
> Google Maps. Would someone be able to clone the site to use OSM, 
> centered on Haiti?

http://www.informationfreeway.org/?lat=18.594598850039358&lon=-72.35772051537789&zoom=10&layers=00000F0B0F

has a coordinate display in the lower right. On www.openstreetmap.org 
you can easily draw up and measure a rectangle when you go to the 
"export" tab. The Geofabrik map site, 
http://tools.geofabrik.de/map/?type=Geofabrik&lon=-72.32060&lat=18.56929&zoom=12, 
not only has a coordinate display but you can also click on the "+" 
button in the lower right to see the borders of the map extent currently 
displayed.

None of these is the one-stop shop you were looking for though. 
(Coordinate display on www.openstreetmap.org has been suggested by some, 
but was shot down because others felt it would only confuse the 
geo-illiterate users).

Bye
Frederik

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