[OSM-talk] Fwd: Upcoming changes to OpenStreetMap.org website

[André Riedel]

How often is it used? In my opinion newbies think you could export a
vector image. Then they find out it is only a xml file with (for the
first moment) useless content. I would calll me a long time
contributor and never had the need of an xml-export at the front page.

If we want to promote this, we need a description page with links to
the planet file, country excerpts, small exports (from the osm-server)
and to larger exports via the overpass API or overpass turbo page.

André

2013/11/13 Simone Cortesi <simone at cortesi.com>:
> Exporting capabilities is that makes OSM stand out. this is what we
> do: we provide data for anyone for every use. It is important to keep
> the export tab prominent.
>
> Me too, I dont like the fact documentation links did disappear from
> the home page. cant we have a drop down menu with links to the wiki?
>
> On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 9:09 AM, André Riedel <riedel.andre at gmail.com> wrote:
>> You will find links to wiki and help.osm.org via the Link "help" on
>> the top. But in my opinion it is too complicated to click twice.
>> The other way arround why do we need an Export button at such a
>> prominent position? If we really need this it should be moved to the
>> export/share sidebar.
>> The Link to the welcome page could be moved to the welcome window, too.
>>
>> André
>>
>>
>>
>> 2013/11/13 Christian Quest <cquest at openstreetmap.fr>:
>>> No more links to:
>>> - the wiki
>>> - the copyright/licence stuff
>>> - help.osm.org
>>>
>>> What about translations ?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 2013/11/13 Rob Nickerson <rob.j.nickerson at gmail.com>
>>>>
>>>> Forwarding to mailing list.
>>>>
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>> From: christian.pietzsch
>>>> Date: Tuesday, 12 November 2013
>>>> Subject: Upcoming changes to OpenStreetMap.org website
>>>> To: RobJN
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>> Thanks everyone for their great work. I like the new design. Lot of space
>>>> for the map itself, clearly structured.... overall very modern.
>>>> There is just one thing I always wanted to have at OSM.org. If you search
>>>> for a town the boundary should be highlighted (like in Wikipedia [maybe
>>>> without filling])
>>>> One thing I noticed is that on wider screens (24") at the sub pages (like
>>>> about/...) the text and information is only displayed in the middle (huge
>>>> gray areas to the left and right) Especially the user diaries could be
>>>> stretched over the whole screen.
>>>> One more thing...is there going to be a "zoom to my location feature"?
>>>> (Maybe this has been discussed before and abandoned because of privacy
>>>> concerns...sry if I missed it)
>>>> The test page is only available in English isn't it? Do you still need
>>>> people to translate it?
>>>>
>>>> Regards Christian (Hedaja)
>>>> Ps.: I had to smile when I saw the sign up page xD
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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