[OSM-talk] Responding to some of the MapQuest questions

[Sam Vekemans]

Hi,
I started a wiki page of 'MapQuest' and hope that others will contribute to it.
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/MapQuest

The idea is to include a listing of what the top requests are as a
'OSM user Wishlist'.
And try to list the FAQ's (we can add in your answers) that way,
people wont be asking you the same questions.

I have now included a summery of all of the points covered (from the
various email lists)
As well as indicated that comments should be sent to open at mapquest.com

Great work!
I look forward to seeing the progression of this site.  Panning over
to Canada, it's great to see this map rendering :)

Cheers,
Sam Vekemans
Across Canada Trails


On 7/13/10, Ant The Limey <antthelimey at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Just wanted to get out a response to some of the MapQuest questions from the
> other day.  If i missed any, or you have more, just let me know.
>
> Scalebar bugs: yes, scale bar is broken. It doesn't change on scroll wheel
> zoom. Scale itself is also inaccurate, as it was originally written for the
> MapQuest projection and zoom levels, and we haven't adjusted it to the ohm
> zooms and projection yet, but we will.
>
> Missing cycle / footpaths: we didn't have an existing map quest style for
> them. They will be in a future update, we are making the styles.
>
> Data freshness: i can't tell you exactly when we last pulled the osm data,
> but sometime in Mid June I think.  Automated data updates didn't make it in
> time for the conference, and is one of our top 3 things to get done as soon
> as we get back to the office (no, we're still not back yet)
>
> Why UK, and not anywhere else, even tho the site seems to work for (mostly!)
> everywhere:  We want to localize the language of all the buttons, headers,
> text, etc. We also started using just UK data and as we Made progress,
> scaled up the amount of data we were working with.  This was especially
> important with routing.
>
> Contacts: for tech feedback, email open at MapQuest.com. For grant or business
> feedback, email osm at MapQuest.com
>
> HTH and thanks for the overwhelming reception, the great feedback, and the
> fun times at SOTM 10! Let me know if i missed anything.
>
> Ant
>
> Antony Pegg
> Principal Product Manager
> Developer Technologies
> ant at mapquest.com
> antony.pegg at corp.aol.com
> office: 717-581-4872
> cell: 717-524-9404
> Aut viam inveniam aut faciam
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPad


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