[OSM-talk] OSM on The Reg

[Gert Gremmen]

>When you start potlatch there is a welcome screen with the options  
>start, play, and help. Once you are beyond that screen there is only  
>the "help & wiki" link in the left side bar, which doesn't point to  
>any useful help

The concept of an editor is already too complex for most people.
This guy searches for command buttons  corresponding to it's
first desire:  "add a road", or "add a cycleway", or "change road",
or "change name", not  start or play or help.

The current concept is good for geeks , like you and me, and
people that are really interested. The geeks are on-board (> 10000).
Now it's time to create a user interface for the rest of the world.

Kenneth:
> does *any* mapping app have an option like 'add road'?
Do you know any mapping application accessible for everyone 
having internet ???




Gert Gremmen
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-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org] Namens Shaun McDonald
Verzonden: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 1:01 PM
Aan: Talk Openstreetmap
Onderwerp: Re: [OSM-talk] OSM on The Reg


On 11 Feb 2009, at 11:37, Gert Gremmen wrote:

> On of the comments:
>
>> I took a look, and blow me down, my road was missing. So I  
>> registered, and tried to add it. I failed. A project that's all  
>> about the people adding the >roads, and I couldn't for the life of  
>> me work out how to add a road.
>> An "Add Road" option, maybe? Oooh nooooo, nothing like that. (I  
>> managed to move a few other roads around accidentally while trying  
>> things, but I think >I managed not to save those changes.)
>> I won't be going back.
>
> Here we see how a Newbie meets OSM : a missing  "Add Road" option.
> I think he is representative for a lot newbies....
> What can we learn from that ????
>
> (I suppose he tried Potlatch)
> Could a few small help buttons with  a label readin (add road) leading
> to a basic help page do something for this guy ??
> Or could some macro system help him ?
>
>
>

When you start potlatch there is a welcome screen with the options  
start, play, and help. Once you are beyond that screen there is only  
the "help & wiki" link in the left side bar, which doesn't point to  
any useful help.

I have created:
http://trac.openstreetmap.org/ticket/1584 for RichardF.

Shaun


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