[OSM-talk] db and user statistics update

[Jochen Topf]

On Wed, Jan 17, 2007 at 12:26:43PM +0000, SteveC wrote:
> Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:26:43 +0000
> From: SteveC <steve at asklater.com>
> To: David Earl <david at frankieandshadow.com>
> Cc: OSM <talk at openstreetmap.org>
> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] db and user statistics update
> 
> * @ 17/01/07 11:50:45 AM david at frankieandshadow.com wrote:
> > > I would have to say that the first impression of the wiki is one
> > > of confusion over:
> > > 1) Where to look first
> > > 2) Where to find the map
> > > 3) What is all this anyway?
> > 
> > The map was originally reached by www.openstreetmap.org, but was suppessed
> > last year because it was a poor advert for the project.
> > 
> > But it has improved enormously since then, so maybe the time has come to
> > reinstate the map on the main URL and the wiki comes second.
> 
> A number of people have asked for this. Any major objections?

I don't think the map is ready yet. It is very confusing for an outsider
to have four different maps, especially if the default one is most
outdated, as it seems to me.

I am all for having a slippy map on the home page, but

* it should only contain one map (we can have the other layers somewhere
  else for testing)
* it should be complete, i.e. all tiles should be there (99% of the world
  does not have OSM data, so that shouldn't be too hard to do with just
  the continents and country borders.)
* It should show some kind of indication when it was last updated. Maybe
  each tile can be labelled in a corner with the date it was rendered?
  At least there should be a notice below the map saying something like
  "This map does not always show the most current data, but nothing you
  are looking at is older than three days."

Jochen
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