[OSM-talk] POI display on osm.org

Alex Barth alex at mapbox.com
Wed Jan 23 16:49:32 GMT 2013


If we're talking about upping expectations, let me toss in: speed. If we do
POIs we should do them right and that includes instant response in my mind.


On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 3:35 AM, Ilya Zverev <zverik at textual.ru> wrote:

> Hi. I'd like to put the discussion of Roland's POI feature in perspective.
> Last month the team of openstreetmap.ru released their version of POI
> search and display engine. Check out the screenshot:
> http://shtosm.ru/pictures/**osmrupoi.gif<http://shtosm.ru/pictures/osmrupoi.gif>and another one:
> http://not.textual.ru/zverik/**2/3/osmrupoi-fortalk.gif<http://not.textual.ru/zverik/2/3/osmrupoi-fortalk.gif>
>
> There is a catalogue of POI types (a lot like on other sites, flosm.deand such), when you check one or more, markers appear on the map. When a
> marker is clicked, a popup appears with relevant tags translated into
> russian: name, opening_hours (parsed), address (using reverse geocoding),
> cuisine for restaurants, operator, website etc. Alas, everything is in
> Russian with translations neither available nor planned, and it works only
> for Russia. You can check it out at http://openstreetmap.ru/#**
> layer=M&zoom=14&lat=57.81758&**lon=28.32691<http://openstreetmap.ru/#layer=M&zoom=14&lat=57.81758&lon=28.32691>(open <<Точки интереса (POI)>> tab on the left).
>
> I'd like to expect something no less spectacular and useful on the
> openstreetmap.org. Right now, in Roland's version, it isn't even clear
> that one should click on the map to get information.
>
> IZ
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