[OSM-talk] Things People Say

[Cartinus]

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Hello,

Or you can do both by improving on the idea used here:
<http://www.openstreetmap.nl/>

In the floating box you can put a lot of information about the
project. Then when you click on "Toon kaart" (just above the logo),
you get a big map.

On 12/28/2011 10:41 PM, Thomas Davie wrote:
> 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

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Cartinus
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