[OSM-talk] Decision for slippy map

[Scott Rollins]

SteveC wrote:
> I think you're alone there, you mean the old version that hasn't worked
> in months?
>   
Speaking up here, because he is NOT alone.  With the old version, I had 
a hit or miss chance of seeing the area that I've worked on.  With 
persistance, I could often eventually get what I was hoping to see.  
With the current map, I have no chance of seeing the area I worked on 
without going through JOSM and Osmarender.

If it was a few days or up to the week, no problem, but as time goes on, 
it does make one wonder: Do they really want my contributions from 
outside the UK?

I agree that the old map wasn't suitable for the front page.  I agree 
that, for the area it covers, the new map looks to be nicer than the 
old.  But the decision to eliminate the old map before the new map had 
full coverage was a huge mistake and the current status is very much a 
turn-off for people outside Britain.

If I found that map as part of my introduction to OSM, I probably 
wouldn't start contributing.  Hopefully, I'd stick around to see if 
coverage eventually reaches here.

Scott

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Scott Rollins
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Arnprior, ON, Canada