[OSM-talk] OpenSnowMap.org

[yvecai]

Many thanks for the feedback !

On 04/06/2013 10:57 AM, Steve Bennett wrote:
> Excellent! Some feedback:
> - the terrain shading is distracting and not useful at higher zoom
> levels (16+, maybe 15+)
Really ? It helps to see the slope direction, at least.
> - why not show the names of the runs? (rather than having to click on them)
-> todo list updated
> - the "interactive mode" button is not intuitive at all. I had no idea
> it was a button until I happened to click Settings. Why not leave
> interactive mode on all the time?
I'm afraid it would be more clunky, then :)
> - in the mountains I looked at, the chairlift icons are often upside down...
Already in the todo list. But I find it somewhat funny, especially the 
drag-lift icon :)
> - could it be more obvious which is the start of each (downhill) run?
Unless there a tag on the node, it would be hard. Emphasizing each way 
start node wouldn't be nice, as pistes can be made from several ways.
> - would be great to have a summer/winter mode button (in summer mode,
> show the mountain bike trails, hiking routes etc)
Then it's not opensnowmap anymore :)
> - at low zooms (<10), it's hard to find the ski resorts - they could
> be much more prominent
You're right. Maybe the yellow/blue cluster should be extended a zoom 
further, and site=piste relations only be an icon with no name at z9.
> - suggest changing "mapkey" to "legend" (or just "key". Or at least
> put a space in it :))
-> todo list updated
> - what is the "profile" button meant to do? It just gives this one tip
> about clicking the interactive button...
I think this could disappear
> - I find the whole "interactive" mode clunky and not intuitive. Why
> not follow the established conventions of direction finding, using a
> similar interface to Google Maps, Bing Maps, or hell, OSRM? It's
> pretty confusing: it took me a while to work out that it's even doing
> routing. All I wanted to do was click on a run to find out more about
> it.
What I try to achieve is controls with left clic only. I take it that 
more guidance would be appreciated.
Thing is, translations are scarce, so if I want to add a small help 
text, I'm afraid that won't be that useful before a while. I'll try to 
works on icon meaning first and see what I end up with.
> - the "mapkey" doesn't explain what the little warning signs ( /!\ )
> are for. Steepness?
piste:difficulty > easy for crosscountry
> - I also see two different coloured XC trails, but I can't see
> anything in the legend that explains why?
It's just the trail marking color (tag colour on the relation)
> - I love the elevation profile - would be great to be able to click on
> a single run/track and see the profile for it.
Should the 'interactive mode' be less clunky, I hope it's not necessary. 
Normally you should be less than a few clic away of achieving this in 
defining a route.
> - the wiki page that is linked to to explain the colour coding of ski
> runs doesn't actually explain them:
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Tag:route%3Dpiste
> (Suggest you just include text descriptions, like "easy", "difficult"
> etc)
There is no color coding here, it's the marking color of the piste 
tagged as a relation. Good luck if you find any meaning here 
:http://www.opensnowmap.org/?zoom=17&lat=47.47907&lon=15.7533&layers=&e=false&m=raster
There is 'color coding' of difficulties in the render for downhill 
pistes only, it's the  /!\ for crosscountry. Pistes tagged as a way are 
concerned.
> - would be great to use bezier smoothing on the ski runs if at all
> possible - they look very sharp and jagged.
-> todo list updated