[OSM-talk] API URL cannot be resolved (was Re: Welcome box on the new map page)

[Shaun McDonald]

If you go to api.openstreetmap.org in your browser it is expected that it redirects to www.openstreetmap.org.

Shaun

On 1 Dec 2013, at 04:11, Andrew Errington <erringtona at gmail.com> wrote:

> Why can't I upload with JOSM today?  Is it related to the new UI changes?
> 
> I get this error:
> Failed to open a connection to the remote 
> server 'http://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/'. Host 
> name 'api.openstreetmap.org' could not be resolved. Please check the API URL 
> in your preferences and your internet connection.
> 
> Has the URL for the API changed?  Nothing has changed at my end.
> 
> I notice that "api.openstreetmap.org" takes me to the map.  Is that right?
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Andrew
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, 01 Dec 2013 10:43:53 Paul Norman wrote:
>>> From: Lester Caine [mailto:lester at lsces.co.uk]
>>> Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2013 1:51 PM
>>> To: talk at openstreetmap.org
>>> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page
>>> 
>>> Which is why I simply ask that the old layout is made available again as
>> 
>> that
>> 
>>> only requires access to pages that already exist.
>> 
>> There would be time costs in supporting the code for what are essentially
>> duplicates of other pages. You have to test every change against both sets
>> of pages, and then there is the distinct code that appears in one but not
>> the other.
>> 
>>> What is currently being offered is probably acceptable to users who are
>>> there with a view to contributing, and then requiring registration makes
>>> sense, but for the vast majority of visitors brought here by USERS of
>>> the data it's just not right.
>> 
>> In EWG I brought up the opinion that a UI change should be evaluated on a)
>> how well it converts visitors to mappers b) how well it retains
>> visitors. Of course these are hard to measure, and it's not like the old
>> site was rigerously evaluated against these criteria.
>> 
>> The new site seems to be much better at directing visitors into becoming
>> mappers. I have also shown it to inexperienced and new mappers and they
>> found it an improvement.
>> 
>>> I know that there is a lot of support for NOT providing services
>> 
>> I'd say there's a wide desire for offering services like OWL and routing
>> on OSM.org. Of course, these take development hours, time, and money, so
>> a wide desire doesn't translate into actually adding the services.
>> 
>>> but until a suitable replacement can be created for the many thousands of
>> 
>> us
>> 
>>> using embeded maps, maintaining usable operation is important. The
>>> current changes are not compatible with using the embed function so THAT
>>> should have beendepricated first and time provided for us to make
>>> changes to existing usage!
>> 
>> I looked at the embed HTML generated, and I don't see what doesn't work.
>> All the links are valid, and the page that you land (the front page)
>> seems more likely to covert the visitor to a mapper, because it now
>> gives some text to explain where they've ended up.
>> 
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