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

[Daniel Tremblay]

James Ewen wrote ...

> I consider myself an ordinary user, and I play with Merkaartor. It's
> unfortunate that you only consider yourself an end consumer of the
> product, rather than becoming a part of the community, and
> contributing to the database. The OSM project is not just a map
> database to be consumed, it is a community based mapping initiative
> that needs the input from people like both you and me. We add
> information and detail to the map database, and create a better map
> for everyone.
>

First, thank you for having taking time to answer ...  Your answer, in fact,
confirms my thoughts.

About a month ago, I have started adding cycling information for my area.  I
also have added all the streets of my hometown (blank area in OSM).  I have
read and succesfully, I think, import Canvec data and took time to enter all
the street names.  I have installed JOSM.  I would like to contribute more
to the project but I don't have a lot of time to invest.  What's in it for
me after all?  What for?  Is the final reward justify the investment in
time?  Not sure for me.  PS: I have absolutly no commercial view regarding
the data from OSM, be reassured.

I haven't look at Merkaartor.  I will before I conclude on that.  But I
don't like to install program on my computer when other options exist on the
internet.


> This is where, I think, a filtering option on openstreetmap.org would be
> > usefull for ordinary people like me.
>
> That's not going to happen. I think you have the wrong idea of the
> concept behind OpenStreetMap. OSM does not provide maps. OSM is a
> database of mapping information. The slippy map seen on the OSM page
> is just one single rendering or representation of some of the data found
> in the OSM database. It is a static presentation only.
>


Too bad!



Daniel
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