I have been using OSM for a couple years now (coming up on 1000 changesets!) and this is the first I've heard of the OSMR website. Most new users will probably go to http://www.openstreetmap.org/ and not go any farther. I think the default page needs to be revamped and the default renderer improved.
I agree with all of Guillaume's 4 points. My biggest pet peeve is that trunk roads are green when they should be red, primary roads should be dark orange. -- Matthew Buchanan -- Kamloops, BC On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 8:55 AM, Harald Kliems <[email protected]> wrote: > OpenStreetBrowser offers routing and clickable POIs. Higher zoom levels were > experimentally implemented on a server by the French OSM community but I > think it is no longer online. I can't remember the URL, but you should be > able to find the related discussion in the archives of the general talk list > (search for z19). Mapquest might also do some of the things requested. > > With regards to what OSM and the OSM homepage are or aren't : Bernie > certainly has expressed one view that is widely held in the community. But > there are other positions as well, evidenced by the fact that discussions > like the one in this thread keep popping up. > > Harald (who is also sad that for his everyday geodata needs he often ends up > using Google) > > > On Tuesday, July 9, 2013, Connors, Bernie (SNB) <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Guillaume, >> >> IMHO all of your issues could be solved with applications of the >> OSM data. The goal of OSM is to create an open data set that can be used by >> anybody to solve all of the issues in your list. The goal of OSM is not to >> create a replacement for the Google Maps website but to create an >> alternative to the Google Maps data. All of your issues could be addressed >> with OSM data and some programming. I expect some or all of your issues >> have already been addressed. For example the OSMR website is great for >> routing and driving directions - http://map.project-osrm.org/ >> >> Let's hear from the rest of the OSM talk-ca community. Who has >> suggestions for Guillaume's other issues? >> >> Bernie. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Guillaume Pratte [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Tuesday, 2013-07-09 1:42 AM >> To: [email protected] OpenStreetMap >> Subject: [Talk-ca] Using OpenStreetMap on a daily basis >> >> Hello, >> >> I have been a serious user of OpenStreetMap for less than six months, and >> I am proud to recently have achieved my one hundredth contribution to the >> project. I really love the OpenStreetMap project, and I would like to >> replace my daily usage of Google Maps with OpenStreetMap. >> >> But it just seems I cannot. Anybody else feel the same issues? >> >> I'll give a few concrete examples why, humbly hoping that my words can >> encourage changes to the main website. >> >> First point: searching. I have OpenStreetMap zoomed in to some region of >> Montreal, Canada. I input "café", looking for a coffee shop. I get results >> from Nominatim, inviting me to visit a village in Brazil named "Café" or >> even the "Café point" in Antarctica. While these search results awaken my >> globetrotter's desire to explore the world, they frustrate me at the same >> time. Why couldn't Nominatim priorize results from the bounding box or >> surrounding? Why can't OpenStreetMap show me results on the map like the >> OverPass API does, performing a search on the tag amenity=cafe and showing >> the results on the map? >> >> Second point: accessing POI information. I cannot click on point of >> interests (POI) to get more info about them. Why do we input address, >> business hours and phone numbers on shops and restaurants if the map cannot >> easily display this information to the user? Why do I have to show the map's >> data in order to have information on a point of interest? >> >> Third point: maximum zoom level. Some area are densely populated, and >> OpenStreetMap's current zoom level is not enough to see all details of the >> map. This is really unfortunate. Example: http://osm.org/go/cIrNs6Qzp-- What >> are the restaurant surrounding the Hard Rock Café on this map? I have to use >> the editor to be able to zoom and see all data. >> >> Fourth point: sharing a point of interest. There should be an easy way to >> do that. I have found a (complicated) way to do it, which is all but obvious >> to newcomers. Here is how: >> >> . Using the layer icon at the top right of the map, I select >> "Browse Map Data"; >> . I select the object I want to share (which is not always >> possible; sometimes it is "hidden" behind a residential area or similar); >> . I click on "Details" >> . On the resulting page, I click on "View way on larger map" >> . I get an URL similar to this that I can share: >> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?way=225637513 >> >> Fifth point: routing. Why is there absolutely no routing implemented on >> the main OpenStreetMap website? This is I concede a naïve question, as it >> might be simply because of limited server resources. Once we have our new >> servers, is this something we want to implement, as a community? >> >> I really like the OpenStreetMap project, and I dream to be able to use it >> as a primary map instead of Google Maps. I feel resolving these issues would >> bring me many steps closer to making that dream come true. >> >> What do you all think? Do you also have showstoppers that prevent you to >> use OpenStreetMap as your primary and daily map? >> >> Guillaume >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-ca mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-ca mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca >> > > -- > Please use encrypted communication whenever possible! > Key-ID: 0x34cb93972f186565 > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ca mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca > _______________________________________________ Talk-ca mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
