[OSM-talk] map display www.openstreetmap.org

[SteveC]

On 1 Oct 2008, at 11:01, Ulf Mehlig wrote:

> Hello Frederik, thanks for your answer. The coordinate display at
> www.informationfreeway.org is what I was looking for. Wouldn't it be
> possible to integrate this function into the main OpenStreetMap  
> site? I
> think this would definitely improve the attractiveness of the map
> display (even more, if degree-minute-second based coordinates would
> appear, too -- for many people, the decimal coordinates are not what
> they're used to).

Just demonstrably not true. Most people don't know what co-ordinates  
are or care that they don't know. It would just clutter the map and  
make us look less usable.

Best

Steve