[OSM-dev] Haiti need: GetLatLon for OpenStreetMap

[Patrick Weber]

Why not add the coordinates display to the "Where am I" function above 
the search on the main page of openstreetmap.org ?

On 23/01/2010 10:26, Frederik Ramm wrote:
> 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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