[OSM-newbies] Confusing link(s) from www.openstreetmap.org
Richard Owlett
rowlett at atlascomm.net
Sat Mar 14 17:16:51 GMT 2009
On http://www.openstreetmap.org/ there is a link titled "Help & Wiki"
(http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Main_Page)
Nothing here about how to navigate the map shown on the homepage. But
there is a link titled "Beginners' Guide"
(http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Beginners%27_Guide). This page
PRESUMES that ALL newbies primarily interested in editing OSM maps.
Users are a secondary concern.
Clicking on "Help" shows me my assumption that it would be "help
concerning the wiki itself" was wrong.
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Help:Contents DOES have a link
(titled "Browsing") to what I needed.
My proffered solution would be to have separate links to "Help" and
"Wiki" on the homepage.
An acceptable solution would be add a link before "Getting Involved" for
"Browsing the Map".
More information about the newbies
mailing list