Re: [OSM-talk] MonopolyCityStreets On the Wiki

2009-09-13 Thread Richard Weait
On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 1:34 AM, Ian Dees wrote: > May I suggest that we create a special landing page or highly visible link > for new users coming from MCS that briefly explains the project, that > emphasizes the data is constantly being edited, an estimation (or even exact > date) of what the

Re: [OSM-talk] MonopolyCityStreets On the Wiki

2009-09-13 Thread John Smith
2009/9/13 Mike N. : > On the other hand, since they live on their street, their primary knowledge > of street names comes from a "local survey", and at most they might use > Google maps for secondary reference.   Your point is important for those > that branch out into their neighborhood, and might

Re: [OSM-talk] MonopolyCityStreets On the Wiki

2009-09-13 Thread Mike N.
On the other hand, since they live on their street, their primary knowledge of street names comes from a "local survey", and at most they might use Google maps for secondary reference. Your point is important for those that branch out into their neighborhood, and might continue to copy from G

Re: [OSM-talk] MonopolyCityStreets On the Wiki

2009-09-12 Thread John Smith
2009/9/13 Ian Dees : > While a few pages like that exist currently, it might be helpful to have one > specific to MCS. It would also give an idea how many people are coming to > OSM from MCS. Include in the biggest lettering possible not to copy from Google Maps, with the influx of people wanting

Re: [OSM-talk] MonopolyCityStreets On the Wiki

2009-09-12 Thread John Smith
2009/9/13 Ian Dees : > May I suggest that we create a special landing page or highly visible link It might be an idea to trap the referrer from http headers and redirect to the wiki page setup for this purpose. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.

[OSM-talk] MonopolyCityStreets On the Wiki

2009-09-12 Thread Ian Dees
>From http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Mythdraug/diary/7865 (user did not want to subscribe to the list to post this): MonopolyCityStreets has two forms of active communication. 1) blog.monopolycitystreets.com 2) Twitter: @monopolycitysts Many users in game are complaining that there is incorre