[OSM-dev] Haiti need: GetLatLon for OpenStreetMap

[Mikel Maron]

Thanks all for the suggestions, but slightly miss the ease of use for this task of GetLatLon ... it's a pretty subtle usability issue that's important for newbies and people doing a lot geocoding

*there's a visible cross in the center (to be certain of the position)
*the latlon is easy to cut and paste front and center
*the latlon depends on the position of the map, not the mouse position.

-Mikel

  
== Mikel Maron ==
http://mapkibera.org/
+254 (0) 724899738
mikel at osmfoundation.org




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From: Mikel Maron <mikel_maron at yahoo.com>
To: dev at openstreetmap.org
Cc: simon at simonwillison.net
Sent: Sat, January 23, 2010 10:15:54 AM
Subject: [OSM-dev] Haiti need: GetLatLon for OpenStreetMap


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?

Thanks
Mikel

 == Mikel Maron ==
http://mapkibera.org/
+254 (0) 724899738
mikel at osmfoundation.org
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