The search box is also a lot faster than opening MapFeatures. Indeed there'd be a case for abolishing MapFeatures (and just making MapFeatures a category).
Richard On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 11:59 AM, SomeoneElse <li...@mail.atownsend.org.uk> wrote: > On 13/10/2010 09:30, Lennard wrote: >> >> And how exactly would the craft tag become widely used if people have to >> out on a limb to find it, exactly because it's not mentioned in the Map >> Features? This will only hamper adoption. >> > Because they do a search of the wiki (and the mailing lists, and osmdoc et > al) for terms that might be used to describe what they're trying to map? > That's certainly what i did as a novice mapper (and still do). Map > Features is linked from the wiki's Main_Page and Beginners'_Guide and > subsequent pages, but it's not the most prominent link on any of them - the > search box is much more prominent. > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging