Hi all, there has been a quite lively debate on talk-de about the appearance of the openstreetmap.org page to "newcomers" to the project, speaking people who heard of it for the first time and come around to see if they (and how) they will be able to use it for their goals (note: not all of them might want to participate in mapping). Several people made some suggestions and I would like to get your take on those:
Move the map It was argued that the map itself does not provide enough "eye candy" and usability (ability to draw on it, etc.) for first time visitors. Others argued (and I support that) that neat functions (routing, drawing, etc) are not the goal of openstreetmap.org. OSM exists to provide the data, not the services. But then, why give the map a such dominant position? The suggestion has been made to move the map (or make it less dominant), and instead offer a set of high profile real life OSM applications (OpenCycleMap, OpenRouteService, Cloudmade, etc.) Greetings, Peter PS: I didn't participate in the discussion myself, but I think it touches some important points which can not be changed without the consensus of not only the German community.
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