Hi all, I find this Welcome Group inbteresting and would like to join the next meeting. Apart my own experience of OSM contributor, I might bring my point of view of Hottie involved in teaching people in developing countries + I also particiapted in some LeanrOSM writing.
SIncerely, Severin On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 3:12 PM, Martijn van Exel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey all, > Thanks for the input so far. I am thinking of putting together a > survey for newbies. I will use this as input. The results of the > survey will help up focus our efforts better, such is my hope at > least! > All the best for 2013! > Martijn > > On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 12:12 AM, Dudley Ibbett > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi > > > > In answer to the two questions. > > > > Not from the slippy map but from downloading the map onto my gps and > > discovering it was missing some paths and there were no field > boundaries. I > > will never be able to afford OS 1:25 maps for my gps but OSM will > eventually > > provide this. > > > > Like many I will always try something first and only get out the > > instructions/guide if I have to. If it were shorter it would make no > > difference to this. Worse case is when you do have to read the > > guide/instructions and you still can not work out what to do! > > > > Regards > > > > Dudley > > > > > >> Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2012 00:15:29 +0100 > >> From: [email protected] > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: [OSM-newbies] Welcome WG meeting notes > > > >> > >> Hi all, > >> > >> > In the mean time, I think we should use this channel to carve out our > >> > strategy and objectives. To help with that, let me ask newbies in this > >> > list: what obstacles did you face in your first steps with OSM? > >> > >> this is an incomplete summary of 'obstacles' I faced when I started with > >> OSM, first as slippy map user, then as a mapper: > >> > >> I started to use OSM in 2009 with the purpose to find new bicycle routes > >> on the slippy map. At that time I just wanted to use OSM maps, not to > >> contribute. But already there I faced obstacle 1, the map key: > >> > >> O1: I was confused that the key (legend) of the slippy map is not > >> complete. For example the various mapnik tracktypes are rendered in > >> brown colour either as solid line or dashes / dotted line. The map key > >> only shows a dashed line, but the map location I was viewing had a lot > >> of solid lines. > >> > >> It took a few weeks until I figured out that I can use the MapFeatures > >> page as a better reference to understand better the items rendered on > >> the map. I don't remember why it was so hard to find that page. Maybe > >> because it's not linked from the map page, maybe because the term "Map > >> Features" did not mean anything to me a german native speaker. > >> > >> In mid 2012, when I started to become an active mapper with JOSM, the > >> next obstacles have been: > >> > >> O2: I wanted to map a new road, nonexisting in OSM at that time. I did > >> my own gps recording on the new road. When I wanted to add it via JOSM, > >> I thought I can upload the GPS track directly as a way, but I couldn't > >> find how to do that in JOSM. When I found the JOSM feature: "Convert GPS > >> track into data layer" the editor gave me a warning, that this should be > >> avoided. After that I went back to the wiki to read how to map roads. At > >> first I didn't get the point why I first should upload my GPS track to > >> OSM, but not use it as new data for the map? Then, after more careful > >> reading of the beginners guide, I got the point. > >> > >> O3: I tried to insert a new track and it wasn't clear to me what are the > >> rules to connect new tracks to existing tracks. After reading the > >> Beginners_Guide_1.3.1 (General tips for adding roads or other ways) it > >> was clear to me. > >> > >> I think two questions conclude from this: > >> - Are there more mappers like me, who became a mapper through the mere > >> usage of the slippy map? > >> - Is the beginners guide still to comprehensive for impatient newbies > >> like me who do not carefully read the beginner's guide? > >> > >> Michael > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> newbies mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies > > > > _______________________________________________ > > newbies mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies > > > > > > -- > Martijn van Exel > http://oegeo.wordpress.com/ > http://openstreetmap.us/ > > _______________________________________________ > newbies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies >
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