[OSM-dev] Notes - OSM improvements BoF at SOTM PDX

[Alex Barth]

On Oct 16, 2012, at 2:48 PM, Martijn van Exel <m at rtijn.org> wrote:
> 
> I agree with John that there is a need for a clear path for folks to
> the various data consumption options. I believe the Export tab should
> really be the Data tab, with options for
> * immediately downloading the current map extent as XML, full history
> XML, PBF and whatever other formats people want,
> * viewing the data as an overlay (now in the edit menu)
> * and a link to more data consumption options which could be something
> like https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dASGp5U0jRNZ3Kzb-LtzeOtUACqlLVh9GZdiKTftTOQ/edit
> (feel free to edit).
> The latter should not be a separate page but rather a div popup or
> something like that.

I'm liking this direction and also renaming from 'export' to 'data' as this is clearer. Simple and based on a couple of common use cases. I'd add:

- Move embed functionality to a clean control on the front page (that's not really 'export' or 'data')
- Possibly do the same with image export (e. g. make embedding as slippy map or as image optional)

This would mean folding http://planet.osm.org/ into a future data tab, no? How do the planet osm maintainers see this?

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