[OSM-talk] OSM pdf manual

[Etienne Cherdlu]

David
Browsing through the wiki I think the following pages are all related
to getting started with and using OSM.  It would be a big improvment
if these were consolidated a little and linked together into a
coordinated whole:

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Help:Contents
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Editing_Standards_and_Conventions
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Compare_editors
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Creating_an_Account
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Editing
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Free_The_Postcode
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Getting_Involved
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/MakingGpxTracks
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Upload
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/WhatIsOpenStreetMap
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Browsing
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/FAQ
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Map_Features
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/WhyMakeOpenStreetMap

Etienne

On 5/10/06, David Groom <reviews at pacific-rim.net> wrote:
> I'm not sure changing the About page is the way to go for two reasons:
>
> 1) I assume people like it the way it is or they would have altered it.
>
> 2)  The about us page, and others on the wiki, are meant for viewing in web
> browsers, and hence tend to be structured as short pages with (multiple)
> links to other pages.  My original idea to have a page dedicated to the
> production of the pdf manual was that it would be one long page, with each
> section becoming a chapter in the pdf manual.  Initially it would however
> draw upon much of the  text already in the wiki.
>
> Nick Black has already spoken of the fact that the wiki is not the best
> place for newcomers to OSM to understand what it is all  about. I have to
> agree with him, on the basis of two people I know who have looked at the
> wiki, and still are unclear as to how to proceed.
>
> Also as Nick has said the ability to have one document which could be
> printed out and read would I think be useful.
>
> David
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "SteveC" <steve at asklater.com>
> To: "Nick Black" <nickblack1 at gmail.com>
> Cc: <talk at openstreetmap.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 9:03 AM
> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] OSM pdf manual
>
>
> * @ 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/
>
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