[Talk-GB] Editor backbground layers in iD

[SomeoneElse]

On 09/11/2013 13:14, Rob Nickerson wrote:
>
> We are mixing up two issues here. One is as to whether historic layers 
> should be removed from the default menus

What exactly do you mean by "the default menus" here?  There are no 
"default menus" in OSM, only menus in different instances of different 
editors.

>
> Please do not let an iD bug direct the future direction of these image 
> indexes. ID can be improved. Damage to the community is harder to repair.

In what way exactly with the default instance of iD on osm.org NOT 
providing a victorian map that is, being polite, "less relevant" than 
e.g. Bing or OSSV "damaging the community"?  No-one is suggesting that 
we make historic imagery layers unavailable and plenty of people have 
said that they use them - but in all cases they are likely to be not the 
target market for the iD edit option on osm.org or capable of using the 
"custom" option.

What would absolutely be "damaging to the community" would be to make 
the default edit option on osm.org not suitable for new users until 
they've learnt a whole bunch of arcane unwritten stuff about the 
relevance of various sources.

Cheers,

Andy