[OSM-talk] "Crudely-drawn pint glasses"

[Gervase Markham]

Tom Hughes wrote:
> I have to admit to being a bit confused by the original request
> here - it starts off by talking about a leaflet, which implies
> that they are looking to create a one-off map to go in a printed
> leaflet, but that starts talking about customising the slippy
> map, which is not the obvious place to start if you want a custom
> map of an area for printing?

I was just thinking that the easiest way someone might get a custom map 
would be to screenshot the slippy map. But you are right, the two are 
not necessarily linked.

> Remember that the primary focus of this project, as I understand
> it at any rate, is to produce data for other people to use. Making
> our own maps from our data is more of a convenience for us and a
> way to promote the project than our primary product.

The Mozilla Project began that way - Mozilla was a "technology 
provider", and people like Netscape used it to produce end-user stuff. 
Over time, we realised that this was sub-optimal; being the people doing 
the end-user stuff gives you the name and the influence. Perhaps OSM is 
going through the same process.

Gerv
(a.k.a. gerv at mozilla.org)