[OSM-talk] 3000 registered users but the stats arn't all rosy

[Nicola Ranaldo]

On Friday 01 September 2006 18:39, Robert Scott wrote:
> I think the one thing that would give the front page the most impact is for
> the slippy map to show _some_ data at all zoom levels - even if it's
> statically generated (maybe once a week). Being able to look at the whole
> planet and see the progress being made is quite inspiring.

I think a good approach could be in entering all the data we can retreive 
easly. We could begin in uploading all the coastline (derived work), no 
problem if there are some errors, this is a wiki map and someone will fix 
it :) the same for the main political countrylines (derived from old maps). 
After that a good set of map_features should be introduced to classify the 
bigger towns (derived from landsat), informations such as political role and 
populations will make renderers able to show them at all zoom levels.
About gpx related work it could be very attractive in mapping first the main 
roads and after the minors. In every country, motorways are quite few, and 
with a bit of organization, it should be easy to collect all them.
After that we should proceed with primary, secondary and so on. This, and the 
above staff, should be sufficient to show some datas at every zoom level from 
anywhere.
Peoples will be involved fast when they will se on a "running" map their 
village is missing :) adding the local and residential information that 
actually is easy to get only with a collaborative approach.

	Niko