[OSM-talk] Slippy map suggestions

[Robert (Jamie) Munro]

Christopher Schmidt wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 04, 2006 at 01:22:43AM +0000, Robert (Jamie) Munro wrote:
>> When in the UK, it would be nice to see OS Grid
>> coordinates as well, and similar for other countries with their own
>> systems, although I guess writing a co-ordinate conversion routine in
>> Javascript might be hard.
> 
> Converting the coordinates isn't hard. Converting them to something
> useful to everyone is. If OSM is targeting being a global project
> (rather than  UK one as it was, mostly, for quite a while) then I think
> that using OS Grid coords is probably not the best idea.
> 
> I think a lat/lon is the right way to go here, until we have
> openstreetmap.co.uk :)

No, what I meant was when your mouse pointer is over the UK it would be
nice to see an OS grid ref in addition to the Lat/Lon ref, not instead
of it. If your mouse is over another country that has a similar system,
it would show that country's system. If your mouse is over the sea, or a
country without a system, those numbers would disappear. I wasn't trying
to impose the UK system on the whole world.

Another thought I had, and just added to trac is an smooth animated
zoom, like when you double click in Google maps. Of course, actually
achieving this may require a complete rewrite...

Robert (Jamie) Munro

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