Robin - my apologies for my crankiness. You did not presume anything. On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 5:59 AM, Robin Paulson <[email protected]> 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 wishes to map has to learn. instead of more software, more tools, > perhaps what they need is someone talking with them? > > maybe they are the types that don't read help guides, that if they can't > understand it straight away give up, rather than search for help or advice?
Yes, I believe it can be alienating because of all the tools. My goal is to have something more integral to the editing or observation experience, rather than taking people out of / away from OSM. It should be no more intrusive than say Nominatim. To you latter point, yes, I believe those types are 85+% of Internet users. I'm not a long-time OSMer, but I've been working hard in my local hood & I think I'd benefit from such assistance. -- Jeff Meyer Global World History Atlas www.gwhat.org [email protected] 206-676-2347
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