[Talk-GB] New map style

[jonathan]

+1

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On 01/11/2015 16:59, Mark Goodge wrote:
> On 31/10/2015 22:27, Chris Hill wrote:
>
>> We should all keep in mind that the standard map on the OSM website is
>> not OSM. It is just a single render as an example of what is possible.
>> There are thousands of renders out there (I must have made more than a
>> dozen). Making your own map tiles in your own style is not that hard and
>> not very hard or expensive to host if you have a real need to do it.
>
> Easy for you and me, maybe. But not easy for the average user of 
> online maps.
>
> I don't disagree with the basic argument that OSM is fundamentally 
> about the data, not the visual appearance of the website at 
> http://openstreetmap.org. But, to the vast majority of users of OSM 
> (that is, the type of user who is not represented on these mailing 
> lists), the website *is* OpenStreetMap. If we are serious about making 
> OSM a resource for the ordinary web user, as an alternative to Google 
> and Bing, then we need to take those users into account. So the UX of 
> the default presentation of OSM does matter, and matters a lot.
>
> Mark
>
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