On 16 Jun 2009, at 11:38, Tim Waters (chippy) wrote: > One of the main annoyances that people tell me that they have with OSM > is that whenever they visit the site, the map shows them just the UK.
I thought that the IP 2 geo stuff was in there to make it default to the country it thinks you're in? > > What are people's thoughts about the default zoom? > I'm aware that sometimes it may use a cookie and so the map will open > up to a previously viewed area - but only when logged in. At present > the website does not have a "remember me" / persistent login - so that > a user has to view the UK area on the map first, as a logged out user, > before manually logging in, and thereby possibly seeing the map > change. > > Do you think it makes a difference what area a user views? > Would zooming based on IP Address be a good idea? > How about using cookies for non-logged in users? > How do other mapping websites do things, and are there any lessons > to learn? > > (One main difference on other sites is that their search box is much > more prominent) > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > Best Steve _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
