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

[elvin ibbotson]

> From: SteveC <steve at asklater.com>
> Date: 2 October 2008 22:51:14 BDT
> To: ulf.mehlig at gmx.net
> Cc: talk at openstreetmap.org
> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] map display www.openstreetmap.org
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> On 1 Oct 2008, at 11:01, Ulf Mehlig wrote:
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>> 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,

It looks like fakeSteveC or someone is pretending to be you and  
posting elitist, patronising, condescending rubbish in an apparent  
attempt to make you look foolish. I look forward to it being  
demonstrated that 'most people don't know what coordinates are'.

elvin ibbotson



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