[OSM-talk] Things People Say

[Thomas Davie]

On 28 Dec 2011, at 21:26, Frederik Ramm wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On 12/28/2011 09:58 PM, John Sturdy wrote:
>> I think we need to keep the "big map with a search box" quite
>> prominently, partly because that is a major use, and partly because
>> that is what will attract newcomers' attention and give them a way to
>> evaluate the quality of our data
> 
> This is all nice discussion among us "osm educated" people but as the thread that Mike was referring to shows: The average newcomer will measure us against somthing like Bing or Google and say things like, "then I searched for the satellite view and could you believe it, shabby OpenStreetMap doesn't even offer that". We're not a map/imagery/streetview portal and we should be upfront about that.

This is a lot better though than "Can you believe it, OpenStreetMap doesn't even have an open street map on their home page!".

Thanks

Bob