There are at least two English OSM books out soon that will go a long way to fixing things.
On Jul 22, 2010, at 4:04 PM, Kate Chapman wrote: > From our trips to Haiti we have documents on data collection, editing > to use of OSM. They are focused on the Humanitarian tagging scheme > though. > > Here is the JOSM training manual: > https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0Ab5-nI93RBqoZGZxcHcycXRfMzFnaDQzejJmaw&hl=en > The QGIS/Mapnik one: > https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AUeMslP3EFo2ZHJkYnhiNF83ZHpjNXQ2Zno&hl=en > > > -Kate > > > > On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 8:29 AM, Hillsman, Edward <[email protected]> > wrote: >> I also agree that this would be an excellent idea (I just introduced a class >> of about 25 students to OSM last night, and I really would like something >> clean and organized to point future classes to). If someone can put together >> an outline of such a Beginner's Guide, I'm willing to work on a section of >> it, and help reconcile it with other sections as they get written. Richard, >> given your experience and obvious thought on the matter, could you maybe >> sketch a high-level outline to get us started? >> >> Ed >> >> Edward L. Hillsman, Ph.D. >> Senior Research Associate >> Center for Urban Transportation Research >> University of South Florida >> 4202 Fowler Ave., CUT100 >> Tampa, FL 33620-5375 >> 813-974-2977 (tel) >> 813-974-5168 (fax) >> [email protected] >> http://www.cutr.usf.edu >> >> >> >>> Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:07:32 -0700 (PDT) >>> From: Richard Fairhurst <[email protected]> >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [Talk-us] Community Involvement >>> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >>> >>> >>> Apologies for butting in on your mailing list - thought this one was >>> sufficiently non-US specific it deserved an answer. >>> >>> Toby Murray wrote: >>>> Yes, navigation is a pain. The "map features" page is a pretty >>>> good index of things to map but it often links to proposal or stub >>>> pages (like the doctors page) that don't give a lot of information >>>> about "how to map this feature" but rather offer discussions about >>>> the tag or some OSM jargon that is not really helpful to >>>> newcomers. The problem is that as one gains more experience >>>> within OSM those pages DO become somewhat helpful so there >>>> is little incentive for experienced mappers to change them to >>>> make it better for new mappers. >>> >>> We desperately need a real OSM Beginners' Guide (rather than the apology >>> that currently passes for one on the wiki), written by people who care >>> about >>> documentation, focusing on the basics, and liberally illustrated with pics >>> and videos. >>> >>> And I hate to say it, but it shouldn't be open to general public editing - >>> otherwise you get the situation at the moment where people come along and >>> add their personal hobby horses every other day, and it degenerates into an >>> unreadable, sprawling, unfocused mess. >>> >>> It's not just about tag documentation (to a certain extent, better editor >>> presets are making that less important), but about a general introduction >>> to >>> OSM. A DokuWiki install on dev.osm.org, with a small team writing the core >>> docs, would be a good way to do it. I'd love to have a go (after all, my >>> day >>> job is as a writer and editor), but what with Potlatch and all don't have >>> the time to head up such an initiative. But it would be the single most >>> useful thing anyone could do for OSM right now. >>> >>> I did suggest to Mr Weait of this parish that he might like to be involved, >>> as he has a clear track record in writing nice how-tos on his blog. Maybe >>> we >>> could get a team together? >>> >>> cheers >>> Richard >>> -- >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-us mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >> > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > Steve stevecoast.com _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
