On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 5:05 PM, Charles Basenga Kiyanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'll second that. When I'm mapping, I can narrow it down to a couple > categories if I'm not sure which tag(s) (or if there is one) is/are > appropriate. Having a single place to search where only tags are > returned is a great tool. > > Might I suggest a wiki page called Map_Features_All and one called > Map_Features_Basic or Map_Features_Essential ? > > Charles >
+1 to this, good idea. When I'm not sure which category a tag may be under I also use the firefox search tool. I do often know what range of categories my tag is likely to be under, and it is currently a battle to load Map Features to find a single tag. (it takes 10-15 seconds to load due to its size) > > Chris Hill wrote: > > I don't want to shout you down - this is the talk list, so lets talk. > > My experience from *mapping*, not managing the wiki, is why I like the map > features on one page. > > > > I use Find on this Page in Firefox to search the page. I still have to > look at proposed features, where I use the same process. The wiki search > returns too many hits to be useful. But this is just my way of working. If > the list of shops and sports were split off I'd get by, but I like it as it > is. > > > > cheers, Chris > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: Stephen Gower <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Tuesday, 11 March, 2008 4:28:05 PM > > Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Map_Features not loading > > > > On Sun, Mar 09, 2008 at 12:54:53PM +0100, Pieren Pieren wrote: > > > >>> FULL ACK - the current page is a PITA! > >>> > >>> > >> +1 > >> I restored the single page. > >> > > > > -1 > > > > The full page has got way too long to actually be useful. In my > > opinion, it should include the main options for highways, perhaps > > the top 12 most used, and then a link to the rest of the key on a > > seperate page. Some of the other useful keys (by which, again, I > > mean most used) could have 5 or 6 values detailed on the page and > > their own subpage for the rest of the values, but most keys should > > just be a link to a subpage with the detail.. > > > > Do we really need a list of every type of shop in the world (and > > another with every type of sport) on the main map_features page? > > What purpose does that serve? > > > > I'll probably be shouted down by those who spend their time > > managing the wiki, but my practical experience when it comes to > > actually making maps is we need to keep it simple, and map_features > > has gone way beyond that. > > > > s > > > > _______________________________________________ > > talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk > > > > > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > Rise to the challenge for Sport Relief with Yahoo! For Good > > > > http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/forgood/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk > -- Regards, Thomas Wood (Edgemaster) _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
