[OSM-talk] Explanation of crowd sourcing?
Andreas Labres
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Wed Mar 20 15:41:06 UTC 2013
On 16.03.13 01:59, Dave F. wrote:
> I wanted to send a link to people who'd never heard of OSM that explains the
> basics of what it is & entails, but I couldn't find a page with a clear,
> simple explanation of what crowd sourcing is & that they can contribute .
Starting on the German "Hauptseite" (Main Page) in the wiki, there is a
"Anfänger" (Beginners) Link that points you to a page
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Willkommen_bei_OpenStreetMap
containing some "what is it all about" infos (in German, obviously):
- What is OpenStreetMap?
- How does it work?
- How can I contribute?
- What is the next step?
- Further information
The "Mitmachen" (Contributing) Link there then points to
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/DE:Getting_Involved
The English Main Page takes a slightly different approach, starting with a
"Contributing" Link that points to a somewhat spartanic "Beginners' Guide",
omitting any "what is it all about?". Maybe you could expand this and guide
beginners a little bit more...
/al
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