AlonealastalovedalongtheAug 29, 2019
Openstreetmap is reaching the point that it is just more information rich and beautiful than google maps and that is awesome
Show threadDoc Edward Morbius ❌​Aug 30, 2019

@Alonealastalovedalongthe My issue with #OpenStreetMap is that the search is so poor.

I can enter, say, Lat/Lon coords into Google Maps, and get a pindrop on that spot. OSM has NFC what I'm talking about.

Searching by location name is similarly disappointing. Google does get context and relevance in ways OSM doesn't.

And for the record: I'd vastly prefer to entirely replace Google Maps. Not entirely yet.

OSM's overlays are noice though.

Show threadRSep 2, 2019
@dredmorbius @Alonealastalovedalongthe If ever I need to go a specific lat/lon I just change the URL e.g. https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/34.33937/-78.71000 Does that not work for you?
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Show threadDoc Edward Morbius ❌​Sep 2, 2019

@rory It does, and I've resorted to doing that. It's not a great UI, and being able to paste lat/lon into the site's search bar *really* should Just Work.

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Show threadRSep 2, 2019
@dredmorbius @Alonealastalovedalongthe yeah it should work. Do you want to file and issue for ths search box to support that? I can help if you'd like?
Show threadDoc Edward Morbius ❌​
@rory Sure, where to file?
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Show threadRSep 3, 2019
@dredmorbius I think here https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website
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