[Openstreetmap] bookmarklets / gazatteer

[Frank Hebbert]

Gari Araolaza, Sun, Feb 05, 2006:
> - I will prepare a bookmarklet so that we can go editing to a given
> point from Google Maps.
...
> So, I will go to Google Maps, zoom and select the point
> I'm going to start editing, and then click on the bookmarklet that
> will send me directly to edit that area in OSM, let's say, at a 14
> zoom level.

See 
http://www.openstreetmap.org/wiki/index.php/User:Frankh#OSM_bookmarklet

for a version of this idea, using Multimap. 


SteveC, Sun, Feb 05, 2006:
> There would be a large temptation to base your map editing off of google maps then. This is not the solution, and we can't risk it.  
 
I don't think the bookmarklet idea encourages copyright infringement, though I understand what you mean (if someone really wanted to copy it would be trivial to set up two browser windows side by side to do it). Bookmarklets make finding a location easier but since they are entirely at the user end of things as a browser bookmark, there's no need for OSM to make this a "feature".

Could the search box on the front page search the road names that have been attributed? That would handy, a live gazatteer that would reduce the need for external solutions like bookmarklets. 

Frank