Re: [Talk-us] A new openstreetmap.us

2013-06-30 Thread Alex Barth
Like that idea. On the backlog. On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 8:02 PM, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: > The instructions currently read: > > *1. Create an account on OpenStreetMap.org* > *2. Click on “edit” and pick one of the editors to edit the map* > > > Which seems a bit sparse and perhaps intimidating. Co

Re: [Talk-us] A new openstreetmap.us

2013-06-28 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
The instructions currently read: *1. Create an account on OpenStreetMap.org* *2. Click on “edit” and pick one of the editors to edit the map* Which seems a bit sparse and perhaps intimidating. Could that have a "3"? "Editing the map" is not every new person's goal. Maybe give 'em good examples

Re: [Talk-us] A new openstreetmap.us

2013-06-28 Thread Alex Barth
Martin - Sorry for sitting on this for a while. State of the Map US took up a lot of attention. Thanks for your feedback. - Added a more prominent link to Wiki in community section. It's now the first on the list and linked explicitly. - There's intentionally no link off of the front page 'slide

Re: [Talk-us] A new openstreetmap.us

2013-05-20 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2013/5/20 Alex Barth > OpenStreetMap.us relaunched today. Head over to http://openstreetmap.usand > check it out. > I think it really looks great! Some issues I think could be addressed: 1. There seems to be no link to openstreetmap.org on the front page. I'd suggest to link for instance fro

Re: [Talk-us] A new openstreetmap.us

2013-05-20 Thread Richard Weait
The new US local chapter site looks nice. Good job. ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

[Talk-us] A new openstreetmap.us

2013-05-19 Thread Alex Barth
OpenStreetMap.us relaunched today. Head over to http://openstreetmap.us and check it out. It was high time for this update as our old site which served us well for many years was overdue for an update. Our goal for the relaunch was to create a more compelling introduction to OpenStreetMap, lead v