I had intended to send this to the list, not just to Lester Caine.
-------- Original Message -------- From: "John F. Eldredge" <j...@jfeldredge.com> Sent: Mon Jul 29 14:16:32 CDT 2013 To: Lester Caine <les...@lsces.co.uk> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] comments on new map widget on main page I had always assumed that the "Where am I" made the map show the user's approximate physical location, based on their IP address, or on their GPS reading if done from a mobile device. Lester Caine <les...@lsces.co.uk> wrote: > AJ Ashton wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Lester Caine <les...@lsces.co.uk > > <mailto:les...@lsces.co.uk>> wrote: > > > > The point I was trying to make is the fact that when one is > supplied a link > > one often does not know where in the world it is, especially the > encrypted > > ones. I asked a number of times in the past for some description > on where we > > have been parachuted into > > > > You can already get a textual description like this via the "Where > am I?" link > > below the search box. There was a recent discussion about what might > be done to > > improve this and the other geolocation features of OSM: > > https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/issues/373 > > Well I never ... How long has that been there? > http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/ down at the moment? I'm only > seeing short a > GeoNames result. The comments on that link certainly points out the > poor title. > Even if I had noticed it, I doubt I would have twigged it was 'Where > am I > looking at?' > > Curious ... I'm not getting anything at the moment. Just a blank > 'tab'. > But this should work the same as the pop-ins on the other side? Moving > the > centre of the map is irritating :( Actually if the 'results' from that > just > appeared in the share pop-out? -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
