[OSM-talk] open.mapquest.com launched for the US

[David Murn]

On Fri, 2010-12-17 at 20:14 -0500, Mike N. wrote:
> > Ive also noticed while you have attiribution at the bottom, I cant find
> > a permalink.  Is (was?) it not a requirement of the licence to have a
> > permalink on the map display, or is this just an unwritten rule that
> > everyone complies with?
> 
> LOL - An additional refreshing thing about Mapquest using our data is that 
> they can present maps in a way that they feel best meets the needs of their 
> viewers.  They don't need a permalink hyperlink 5 mm x 5 mm from the lower 
> right corner of the screen when they have a "Link" clearly displayed in the 
> 3rd oval from the top left.

Thanks for pointing that out, I missed it as I thought the link had to
be with the map data, same as the attribution.  Although, it would be
nice if they had a link which had the coordinates in it, rather than
just http://open.mapquest.com/link/8-qjaOT9xl (the link for the default
view).  I guess this helps with user tracking, as if 5 people tag an
object and share the link, with permalink you only see how popular the
object is, whereas with mapquest method you can individually track which
users are using each others links.

David