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Not really related to the post but they are talking about making OSM cosumer-ready and every time I try to use OSM instead of Google Maps I realise it's just no

by dewey 13y ago

Not really related to the post but they are talking about making OSM cosumer-ready and every time I try to use OSM instead of Google Maps I realise it's just not on the same level yet. It doesn't have to be on par in terms of error correcting input or location based search result because they just don't have the data on me like Google does (locations close to my work place, home,...) but even just the basic task of searching for my street on OSM [0] will give me a bunch of information the end-user doesn't really need to know like: - tags - created by - version - changeset # - location ID Is there a "cleaner" more consumer friendly web interface for the maps, maybe with a prettier mapstyle like the ones used in apps like Foursquare (afaik they are using OSM)? [0] http://www.openstreetmap.org/ http://www.openstreetmap.org/

seren 13y ago
I am not sure the goal of the project is to provide the better user interface as-is, but rather to be a kind of "upstream" for geo data.
dublinben 13y ago
You're really not meant to be using OSM.org directly as a drop-in replacement for Google Maps or Bing Maps. It's primarily a back end dataset, and that site is the front door to contributing to the data set. You ought to try some deployments like https://www.komoot.de/ https://www.komoot.de/ and http://open.mapquest.com/ http://open.mapquest.com/
- coldpie 13y ago
  Thank you. I wish this was more obvious.
squeaky-clean 13y ago
This is something I think OSM really needs to communicate more clearly. You're not supposed to use the main OSM site for actual navigation or mapping purposes. It lets you contribute, and see all the contributions, but the OSM website is not for the end-user. Even though it appears to be. When people say OSM is ready for the consumer, they're lying. What they really mean is OSM is ready for people to wrap into something for the consumer.

by dewey 13y ago

seren 13y ago

I am not sure the goal of the project is to provide the better user interface as-is, but rather to be a kind of "upstream" for geo data.

dublinben 13y ago

You're really not meant to be using OSM.org directly as a drop-in replacement for Google Maps or Bing Maps. It's primarily a back end dataset, and that site is the front door to contributing to the data set. You ought to try some deployments like https://www.komoot.de/ https://www.komoot.de/ and http://open.mapquest.com/ http://open.mapquest.com/

coldpie 13y ago
Thank you. I wish this was more obvious.

squeaky-clean 13y ago

This is something I think OSM really needs to communicate more clearly. You're not supposed to use the main OSM site for actual navigation or mapping purposes. It lets you contribute, and see all the contributions, but the OSM website is not for the end-user. Even though it appears to be. When people say OSM is ready for the consumer, they're lying. What they really mean is OSM is ready for people to wrap into something for the consumer.