[OSM-dev] Map of nearby users

Martijn van Exel m at rtijn.org
Sat Oct 29 17:58:04 BST 2011


On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Tom Hughes <tom at compton.nu> wrote:
> On 29/10/11 17:25, Martijn van Exel wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Jaakko Helleranta.com
>> <jaakko at helleranta.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>> I've had the same problem on Windows I think both XP as well as
>>> Vista/Win7, at least XP and I think both on Chrome as well as Firefox (at
>>> least Chrome).
>>>
>>> +1 for the desire to (batch) send msgs to all mappers near you. I'd also
>>> love to see more mappers around me. It seems to be currently limited to
>>> somewhat smallish number.
>>>
>>> Thanks to whoever has developed the current functionality and thanks in
>>> advance to that/those who will, perhaps one day, develop this further.
>>
>> I just installed the rails port successfully but it may as well have
>> been Chinese, let me see what I can figure out.
>
> Please bear in mind that if you're planning to work on this stuff that it is
> a very contentious area that needs careful thought. Also there are a lot of
> tickets in trac already around this stuff and making various suggestions.
>
> Tom

Good, let's look at those first. I appreciate the potential for
messaging spam and that definitely deserves careful consideration.
The popup problem seems to be plain javascript, I can at least submit
a patch for that..

Martijn

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