As a rather new user I welcome a modernized start page, as well as better ways of introducing new users. I avoided OSM for long, although being a map-interested geek, due to a site looking out-dated and too steep learning curve not really knowing where to start.
Rather than saying it's a database (even Google Maps is a database, presented as a map, although more or less homogenous), maybe add something to describe that there is not ONE map, but the data can be used to produce any kind of map-related data and render maps for different purposes. Refer to the imagination of the visitor. Or why not use the description on the About page: "*OpenStreetMap powers map data on hundreds of web sites, mobile apps, and hardware devices*"? I agree with others about importance to consult sight-impaired users, removing urban-centred references like subway stations, keeping data up-to-date not being the main agenda, export needing explanation and that a Help link should be more prominent (put it where Export is now and put Export where the Help is now, as Export is not something most people would know how to use anyway). /Daniel 2013/11/13 Eugene Alvin Villar <sea...@gmail.com> > On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 6:58 PM, Peter Barth <osm-t...@won2.de> wrote: > >> * History mostly always gives "No changesets in this area" for areas >> smaller than whole europe >> > > This is because the test website uses a completely separate database from > the main OSM website, except for Nominatim search results and the tiles. So > there is no changeset almost everywhere. > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > >
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