Re: [OSM-talk] New welcome page

2013-08-19 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 9:04 AM, John Firebaugh wrote: > Hi Martin, > > On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 6:18 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer < > dieterdre...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Could we extend the basic terms on the new welcome page? >> > > The new users I talk to tell me that the number one reason they were

Re: [OSM-talk] New welcome page

2013-08-18 Thread John Firebaugh
Hi Martin, On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 6:18 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > Could we extend the basic terms on the new welcome page? > The new users I talk to tell me that the number one reason they were hesitant to start contributing to OSM was that it presented itself as complex, highly technica

[OSM-talk] New welcome page

2013-08-18 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
Could we extend the basic terms on the new welcome page? I'd find it useful to point out, that tags are k/v pairs and that ways consist of nodes. After the way description there could be a second sentence: Ways are connections between nodes. (or similar) The tag section could be amended: Tags