[Talk-GB] Upcoming changes to OpenStreetMap.org website

[Steve Doerr]

On the contrary, I use openstreetmap.org all the time. Whenever I 
encounter a place I'm unfamiliar with, I look it up on 
openstreetmap.org. I almost never look at renderings of OSM data through 
another web-site. In Facebook postings and emails, where I want to link 
to a map it's invariably to openstreetmap.org that I link. I personally 
don't see openstreetmap.org as a contributor-oriented web site. I see it 
as a showcase to the world - though of course it must always provide me 
with a pathway to edit the database.

Steve

On 17/11/2013 21:47, Jonathan wrote:
> I think the point Rob was making is that OpenStreetMap.org can't be 
> all things to all men and neither should it attempt to be.  There are 
> many many instances of OSM map data rendered in ways that appeal to 
> various users, the OpenStreetMap.org page should show a generic map 
> use with information and links to encourage new users and new 
> contributors.  As a regular contributor I rarely go to 
> OpenStreetMap.org, I approach the map data from other more specialised 
> routes depending on my needs.
>
> I feel that the new layout is an improvement on the current and pretty 
> well gets the balance right.
>
> Personally speaking I don't feel it would be a terrible idea to ditch 
> the OpenStreetMap.org map and just have this page as the homepage: 
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Using_OpenStreetMap
>
> I don't believe OSM is about rendering maps, isn't it about creating a 
> cartographic database?
>
> Jonathan
> http://bigfatfrog67.me
>
> On 17/11/2013 21:14, Oliver Jowett wrote:
>> On 17 November 2013 15:06, Rob Nickerson <rob.j.nickerson at gmail.com 
>> <mailto:rob.j.nickerson at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>         To use the map I'd prefer not to have that signup box
>>         floating around all the time (I am only logged in when I am
>>         about to edit).
>>
>>         Oliver
>>
>>
>>     You could tick the stay logged in button,
>>
>>
>> I don't retain cookies between browser sessions.
>>
>>     or alternatively if you want a full screen map there are plenty
>>     of sites that provide alternate views of OSM data. One such full
>>     screen example is at:
>>
>>     http://faffy.openstreetmap.org/?zoom=4&lat=47.63024&lon=1.75347&layers=00000000B
>>
>>
>> Is the response to "Here's a usability issue with the proposed 
>> changes" really "use something else then"?
>>
>> Oliver
>>
>>
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