[OSM-talk] openmaps.eu

[John Smith]

2009/12/18 Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com>:
> On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Erik Lundin <erik at lists.lun.nu> wrote:
>>
>> Yeah! Maybe we have to increase our efforts to announce that we exist? I
>> joined OSM in May 2008, but would have done it earlier if I had found
>> out about it before.
>>
> I would have joined a long time ago if I had known that Potlatch existed.
> You go to the wiki, and it's all about making GPS traces, downloading JOSM
> and working from there. It was while I was searching for easier alternatives
> that I came across a passing reference to Potlatch, but had to read a lot to
> find out that it was just a simple link on the front page and that anyone
> could edit there.

since working this out have you tried to improve the documentation
that would have made it easier for you?

I assumed anyone used to wikipedia would have tried clicking on the edit link.

The biggest issue for me was when I first looked at OSM it seemed over
whelming, it wasn't clear cut as to how to go from a GPS trace to add
or edit map, even when I started looking into it more serious I was
still a bit bewildered by it all.