[OSM-talk] OSM pdf manual

[SteveC]

* @ 10/05/06 07:34:41 AM nickblack1 at gmail.com wrote:
> On 5/10/06, Lars Aronsson <lars at aronsson.se> wrote:
> >
> >Nick Black wrote:
> >
> >> Yes.  I was talking with someone about this over the weekend in
> >> the IoW. Maybe a Wiki isnt the best place for an introduction, a
> >> static web page or a Wiki that requires a group consensus to
> >> change would be the best idea.  I think also that there should
> >> be a very obvious "If you are New to OSM Click Here" link on the
> >> main page,
> >
> >The wiki's Main Page already has an obvious headline "New to
> >OpenStreetMap?" and a link to that says "About the Project".
> >Next to it is a link to an "introduktion på svenska".
> 
> 
> Sorry - obvious to anyone who looks at the site 20 times a day like everyone
> on the mailing list.  Not obvious to several newcomers who I have talked to
> about this.  OSM will not grow much more unless we attract non computer
> specialists.  The techie market is not a massive one.
> 
> The obvious headline, link, and page are already there.  Maybe the
> >"About" page needs a rewrite.  Hey, it's a wiki, you can edit it.
> 
> 
> Which is why I have offered to and have been doing so.  I just dont see what
> the issue is with trying to make the site as easy to use for newcomers as we
> possible can do?

Similar to the leaflet you made, I think there is space for a pdf that
people can print out and read on the train. Maybe the way would be to
spec out the text and pictures on the About page (thus cleaning that up
and letting peopple contribute easily) and then creating a pdf from
that?

have fun,

SteveC steve at asklater.com http://www.asklater.com/steve/