2009/1/15 Erik Johansson <[email protected]>: > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Richard Fairhurst > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Michal Migurski wrote: >>> I'm hesitant to blow away the existing guide, but I wonder if it >>> can be moved behind a disambiguation page? Something that >>> lets you understand different levels of involvement: found a >>> mistake, need to add a street, have a spreadsheet of local >>> amenities, live in the US where crummy TIGER data exists, >>> live in Eastern Europe where there's nothing, have a GPS, >>> don't have a GPS, etc. >> >> Interesting idea. So it becomes less "here's the reference manual" and more >> "here's a how-to for a given scenario". I can see that working. > > The problem with howtos is that they are specific to the needs of one > type of user. And there are so many types of users that it's often > hard to find the howto that fits you. I don't think I would search for > "How to add a street in openstreetmap", instead I would skim the > documentation or the Graphical interface and try it out... > > Howtos are great if you can make them into articles, or in Michals > case were he wants to show a certain type of users how to do a > specific task. > > Though it might still be bette than what we have.
As a newbie I found the video[1] on using Potlach the most useful way to work out how to use it, the documentation was indeed pretty baffling. [1] http://showmedo.com/videos/video?name=1800010&fromSeriesID=180 Michael _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
