On 2013-01-02 18:26, Jeff Meyer wrote:
What do you mean, The wrong route? Is there a wrong route for
recruiting and engaging new mappers?
well, yes. any route which doesn't recruit or engage them.
and i'm not keen on the word recruit anyway, it makes OSM sound like
the army, or a cult
As
Robin - my apologies for my crankiness. You did not presume anything.
On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 5:59 AM, Robin Paulson ro...@bumblepuppy.org wrote:
the point i was trying to make is that perhaps the experience is
alienating because of all the new software, ideas, concepts that someone
who
Jeff Meyer writes:
I agree that rules can be tricky. Would it be possible, to play around with
the code you've written, to see what results it generates?
I never got any rules written. I wrote enough code to get to the point
where I needed rules, and then couldn't come up with anything that I
On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 12:54 AM, Jeff Meyer j...@gwhat.org wrote:
Are there any tools that can tip users to what they could do in a particular
map area?
In my experience, when mappers go out and start to map, they discover
things that interest them straight away.
I used to bring the OSM Cheat
On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 7:54 AM, Serge Wroclawski emac...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 12:54 AM, Jeff Meyer j...@gwhat.org wrote:
Are there any tools that can tip users to what they could do in a
particular
map area?
In my experience, when mappers go out and start to map, they
Russ -
I agree that rules can be tricky. Would it be possible, to play around with
the code you've written, to see what results it generates?
The issue I'm trying to address is this: people who sign up for OSM then
make 0 edits. Why? Is it because they cannot find the editor? Is it because
they
After trying to contaminate a couple of friends with the OSM virus,
the biggest problem I think we have comes from the complexity of the
editors (even P2) multiplied by the growing data density.
The growing amount of data makes editing looking more difficult and
newcomers are afraid of breaking
Christian Quest writes:
newcomers are afraid of breaking existing stuff.
I was totally afraid of breaking existing stuff. How embarrassing!
Maybe if it was easier to revert a changeset, like from the person's
changeset listing?
--
--my blog is athttp://blog.russnelson.com
Crynwr supports
What I've found easiest is to encourage people to check on areas they
know well, like where they currently live. Armed with that and maybe
some imagery, they might have some basis to make edits. They will be
fairly careful since it's an area they care about.
- Svavar Kjarrval
On 01/01/13 18:26,
On 2013-01-02 07:26, Jeff Meyer wrote:
I agree that rules can be tricky. Would it be possible, to play
around with the code youve written, to see what results it generates?
The issue Im trying to address is this: people who sign up for OSM
then make 0 edits. Why? Is it because they cannot
What do you mean, The wrong route? Is there a wrong route for recruiting
and engaging new mappers?
As for interacting, why are you presuming I have not done so?
On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 8:58 PM, Robin Paulson ro...@bumblepuppy.org wrote:
On 2013-01-02 07:26, Jeff Meyer wrote:
I agree that
Are there any tools that can tip users to what they could do in a
particular map area?
For example, for a given bb(zoomsome min) in a browser window, is there
anything that says:
- Hey, relative to other (or selected best-practice examples) areas like
the one you're viewing, this area has:
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On Dec 30, 2012, at 9:54 PM, Jeff Meyer wrote:
Are there any tools that can tip users to what they could do in a particular
map area?
For example, for a given bb(zoomsome min) in a browser window, is there
anything that says:
- Hey, relative to other (or selected best-practice examples)
On 2012-12-31 18:54, Jeff Meyer wrote:
Are there any tools that can tip users to what they could do in a
particular map area?
For example, for a given bb(zoomsome min) in a browser window, is
there anything that says:
- Hey, relative to other (or selected best-practice examples) areas
like the
You could as
On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 3:21 PM, Michal Migurski m...@teczno.com wrote:
On Dec 30, 2012, at 9:54 PM, Jeff Meyer wrote:
Are there any tools that can tip users to what they could do in a particular
map area?
For example, for a given bb(zoomsome min) in a browser window, is there
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