On Wed, 03 Feb 2016 22:06:32 +0000, Dave F wrote: > So often I'm put off from delving further into OSM & its uses by the > confusing nature of it's wiki pages. > > A simple example: > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Overpass_API/Overpass_QL#Attic_data_.28.22date.22.29 > > Why is it headed as 'Attic Data'?
Obviously because the developer named the feature "Attic Data". > Why is there no explanation of it's meaning? After too much time > using google I find it means old information. Why not say that? > Wouldn't 'historical snapshot' be a bit clearer? A year ago I would liked to have found an explanation of "Attic Data" too, since the average OSM user knows it from the OSM website as "history" or "chronic" (German). If the term "history" would at least have been placed near "Attic Data" I would have found it by full text searching the wiki page. I was unable to connect "OSM history" and "Attic Data", even with using search engines. I had to ask on IRC and as I was told I was looking for "Attic Data" I thought 'WTF! what a stupid name! Nobody ever will find that in the wiki' I've added an explanation by now; hopefully it will be considered helpful: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Overpass_API/Overpass_QL&diff=1270275&oldid=1262567 Why didn't you do it? :) > Please remember wiki/help pages are mainly read by inexperienced > users Define the "inexperienced user", please. I am nearly totally inexperienced in programming but even JOSM has a built-in interface to query the Overpass API. With overpass turbo and its wizard you need very little experience of whatsoever to create a successful query. >who aren't fully aware of all the latest hip language (that > often goes out of fashion 6 months later). Well, since this is a name of a feature of a wide- and heavily used tool I doubt that it is part of a fashion hipster language. > Please keep all wiki pages plain & simple. You can help doing this, too. hth Thomas _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
