<div dir="ltr">Martin -<div><br></div><div>Sorry for sitting on this for a while. State of the Map US took up a lot of attention.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for your feedback.</div><div><br></div><div>- Added a more prominent link to Wiki in community section. It's now the first on the list and linked explicitly.</div>
<div>- There's intentionally no link off of the front page 'slide show' - it is all designed to lead you to the bottom of the page with no distractions in between. </div><div>- Start mapping is intentionally kept super simple. We don't want to lose anybody here. For any deeper information there's a link on the bottom.</div>
<div><br></div><div>The entire site is designed having the first time visitor to OSM(-us) in mind. At every step, we have chosen offering a simple first start over comprehensive introduction, counting on the theory that folks learn by doing, that no one spends more than a few seconds *on a first interaction* and that an early success experience will lead to interest to dig deeper and fast paths to action are hence to be preferred over comprehensive introduction.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Further, many of the issues of making this experience comprehensive are to be fixed at the core: OpenStreetMap.org. I don't want the US chapter to squander energy that should go into OpenStreetMap.org directly.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Hope this makes sense!</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers -</div><div><br></div><div>Alex</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dieterdreist@gmail.com" target="_blank">dieterdreist@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="im"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2013/5/20 Alex Barth <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alex@openstreetmap.us" target="_blank">alex@openstreetmap.us</a>></span><br>
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<div dir="ltr">OpenStreetMap.us relaunched today. Head over to <a href="http://openstreetmap.us" target="_blank">http://openstreetmap.us</a> and check it out.</div></blockquote></div><br><br></div>I think it really looks great!</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Some issues I think could be addressed:</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">1. There seems to be no link to <a href="http://openstreetmap.org" target="_blank">openstreetmap.org</a> on the front page. I'd suggest to link for instance from </div>
<h1 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-weight:400;line-height:1.5em;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Source Sans Pro',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">"We help grow <strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-weight:700">OpenStreetMap</strong>, the free and editable map of the world, in the United States." (probably you had the intention to do so and simply overlooked to do it).</h1>
<div><br></div><div>2. IMHO the wiki on <a href="http://osm.org" target="_blank">osm.org</a> is a little bit underrepresented. On "<a href="http://openstreetmap.us/start-mapping/" target="_blank">http://openstreetmap.us/start-mapping/</a>" there doesn't seem to be a link to the various instructions and explanations in the beginner's section of the wiki (e.g. <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Beginners%27_guide" target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Beginners%27_guide</a> ). Right now you write: "create an account, choose an editor and start", but you can only choose from Potlatch and iD to start right on, while the rest of the editors require installation. Now it depends on the type of mapper the person looking on this page is likely to become. If the future mapper will add every now and then some points of interest or correct a street name, doesn't want to use WMS-imagery, ... the online editors are probably the best choice. Still, every editor needs some time to familiarize with it, and so the initial decision of choosing the right editor is an important one (otherwise you will have to learn not only one but several editors). If the mapper chooses "remote-control" it won't work unless he has an editor installed and enabled remote control.</div>
<div><br></div><div>2b. also here: <a href="http://openstreetmap.us/community/" target="_blank">http://openstreetmap.us/community/</a> in "resources" there could be at least one link to the wiki, the main documentation of OSM.</div>
<div><br></div><div>cheers,</div><div>Martin </div></div>
</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr">Alex Barth<div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">Secretary</span><div><div>OpenStreetMap United States Inc.</div></div></div></div>
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