I agree totally with you. Keep it simple for new people and show them Potlach2 for new people (we need them).
2011/8/20 Wouter Hamelinck <wouter.hameli...@gmail.com> > > Do you know this person that presented to > > 'Trage Wegen'? Is he/she on this list? > > That would be me. > > A few thing that you should imho take care of while introducing OSM to > people that do not know it: > * Ask yourself what your public wants (kind of data, mapping uncharted > regions, only using the maps...) and stick to that. You can mention > the possibilities of OSM but don't give any details of topics they > don't care about. E.g. if those people care about mapping jungle roads > you can mention that it is possible to add bus stops and create a > public transport route planner, but that should be the last word about > that. They simply won't care about the relations and everything. > * Provide visual examples of the power of OSM. One of the best moments > of my presentation was when I showed on a map on my website a track > that I made in the Wicklow Mountains a few weeks prior to the > presentation. I started with a Google Maps background where the track > went through grey void. Then I switched to the OSM background that > showed all the paths in the region. No more explanation needed. > You could make a similar comparison for an African region where > commercial maps are worthless but OSM shows a lot of roads (or even > only paths, they are very important in those regions). Also the Haiti > project could be of interest to them. > > I will send you the simple quick-and-dirty presentation that I made. > You can use it as a starting point or inspiration. > > If your public is not very geeky and new to OSM, I think you should > stick to the Potlach editor. More information will only confuse them. > I think we made a mistake here in Haaltert by introducing them also to > JOSM. > > wouter > > -- > "Wie niet in zichzelf gelooft, komt nergens." > - Thor Heyerdahl > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-be mailing list > Talk-be@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-be > -- Ivo De Broeck Valleilaan 13 3360 Korbeek-lo Tel (0)16 43 84 93 Gsm +32 486 17 61 13
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