[OSM-talk] digg

[Andy Robinson]

Bruce Cowan wrote:
>Sent: 20 September 2006 1:50 PM
>To: Paul Dixon
>Cc: talk at openstreetmap.org
>Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] digg
>
>On Wed, 2006-09-20 at 09:05 +0100, Paul Dixon wrote:
>> >> In case anyone hasn't seen it:
>> >>
>> >>
>http://digg.com/tech_news/Move_on_google_maps_a_web_2_0_map_service_is_here
>> >>
>> >
>> > IMO it highlights how much we need a new front page that emphasises OSM
>being
>> > more than just a 'google maps killer'.
>> That headline is just awful, and you can see from the comments many have
>> tried to click expecting some open source Google map killer and saw,
>> well, the OpenStreetMap front page. I buried some of the more
>> inflammatory comments and gave a boost to the more insightful ones :)
>I also tried to do this as well.
>
>It's a disaster!  Mostly these people are American, so you can't expect
>them to know the dangers of crown copyright.
>
>One thing I did notice was vandalism.  Is there any mechanism of
>reverting changes done by a malicious person?

yes, but not currently user facing

Cheers

Andy Robinson
Andy_J_Robinson at blueyonder.co.uk

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