[OSM-talk] Annoucement: Poup layer beta reworked

[Roland Olbricht]

Hi Jason,

> Without some context it is hard to make any comments. What are the
> goals/user scenarios of the feature

The feature shows all elements that have a well-understood meaning by their 
tagging. So the mapper gets a basic feedback what of his edits have made sense 
in the commonly accepted semantics. Additionally it is useful to get quick 
information about what exists in a certain location, in particular at any zoom 
level.

> not covered by the show data function?

The data function is essentially a read-only view like an in-place editor. So 
it is only useful for me if I don't want to log in at that moment. It cares 
about raw data, without any processing. It is in particular deeply hidden, 
bceause it works in dense areas only on the highest zoom level, and then only 
with patience. For example
http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/50.73183/7.09999
still takes around 10 seconds to load, and it is difficult to select the right 
object.

Cheers,

Roland