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 <[email protected]> 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 > > ______________________________**_________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.**org/listinfo/talk<http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk> >
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