[OSM-newbies] Adding filter on attributes to the openstreetmap.org interface ...

[Daniel Tremblay]

I am not a map specialist.  But I like the Openstreetmap concept.

For the past month, I have been adding details regarding cycleways in my
area.  The new opencyclemap have been generated lately and I must admit that
I am a little bit disappointed.  The major problem is that cycleway=track
doesn't show on the opencyclemap.  Same for bicycle=designated.  I've seen
discussion where that were already exposed and nothing seems to be done.

I looked at way to do my own rendering of maps.  For a non-specialist like
me, it seems fairly complicated.  Even if I spend time to work on it, how
another non-specialist users will make it through?

I've come to the conclusion that the tagging I can put there is almost
unusable by "normal user" like me.  Unless ...

Unless openstreetmap.org website proposes a simple way to filter
attributes.  There could be a "simple filter" and a "advanced filter" about
the same as what is proposed on JOSM.  It could appear when we click on the
"+" sign (Overlays / Data).  As an addition, saving (with cookies to
simplify things) and sharing (just copy/paste for now would do the job) our
filters would be great.

That way, I could filter things like (cycleway=* OR bicycle=designated OR
bicycle=yes).  Those would show greyed on the map (just like when we select
an area on the map for overlays / data).

That kind of filter might by usefull for many many needs.  Example:
-surface=paved

Just a thought.  Just a suggestion.  I have no idea what that implied!



Daniel
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