[OSM-talk] Map_Features not loading

Thomas Wood grand.edgemaster at gmail.com
Tue Mar 11 17:44:22 GMT 2008


On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 5:05 PM, Charles Basenga Kiyanda
<charles at kiyanda.com> wrote:
> I'll second that. When I'm mapping, I can narrow it down to a couple
>  categories if I'm not sure which tag(s) (or if there is one) is/are
>  appropriate. Having a single place to search where only tags are
>  returned is a great tool.
>
>  Might I suggest a wiki page called Map_Features_All and one called
>  Map_Features_Basic or Map_Features_Essential ?
>
>  Charles
>

+1 to this, good idea.
When I'm not sure which category a tag may be under I also use the
firefox search tool.
I do often know what range of categories my tag is likely to be under,
and it is currently a battle to load Map Features to find a single
tag. (it takes 10-15 seconds to load due to its size)

>
>  Chris Hill wrote:
>  > I don't want to shout you down - this is the talk list, so lets talk.
>  > My experience from *mapping*, not managing the wiki, is why I like the map features on one page.
>  >
>  > I use Find on this Page in Firefox to search the page.  I still have to look at proposed features, where I use the same process.  The wiki search returns too many hits to be useful.  But this is just my way of working.  If the list of shops and sports were split off I'd get by, but I like it as it is.
>  >
>  > cheers, Chris
>  >
>  > ----- Original Message ----
>  > From: Stephen Gower <socks-openstreetmap.org at earth.li>
>  > To: talk at openstreetmap.org
>  > Sent: Tuesday, 11 March, 2008 4:28:05 PM
>  > Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Map_Features not loading
>  >
>  > On Sun, Mar 09, 2008 at 12:54:53PM +0100, Pieren Pieren wrote:
>  >
>  >>> FULL ACK - the current page is a PITA!
>  >>>
>  >>>
>  >> +1
>  >> I restored the single page.
>  >>
>  >
>  >   -1
>  >
>  >   The full page has got way too long to actually be useful.  In my
>  >   opinion, it should include the main options for highways, perhaps
>  >   the top 12 most used, and then a link to the rest of the key on a
>  >   seperate page.  Some of the other useful keys (by which, again, I
>  >   mean most used) could have 5 or 6 values detailed on the page and
>  >   their own subpage for the rest of the values, but most keys should
>  >   just be a link to a subpage with the detail..
>  >
>  >   Do we really need a list of every type of shop in the world (and
>  >   another with every type of sport) on the main map_features page?
>  >   What purpose does that serve?
>  >
>  >   I'll probably be shouted down by those who spend their time
>  >   managing the wiki, but my practical experience when it comes to
>  >   actually making maps is we need to keep it simple, and map_features
>  >   has gone way beyond that.
>  >
>  >   s
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