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 visitors faster to mapping, gain more flexibility for future improvements and to create a cleaner presentation for our blog posts. Aside from a ground up redesign, the biggest change is the front page. Based on an analysis of typical traffic patterns we have used it for a quick 3-slide explanation of what OpenStreetMap and OpenStreetMap US is and then we invite users to either start mapping or join the OSM-US chapter. We show the two most important ingredients of OpenStreetMap: the map and many of the individuals that make up our community. The rest of the content is almost the same. There's a blog, there's a community section, and an about section. The join section is still powered by the old wordpress site, this is due to the fact that CiviCRM won't run without a host CMS *. The site is fully responsive, giving you a great reading experience on mobile, tablets and desktop-type computers. It is built with Jekyll, managed on GitHub and hosted on the OSM.us benzene server. Comments are powered by disqus. Please post any feedback or issues you might find here or just send us a note directly at bo...@openstreetmap.us. Thank you! A big thank you to @ryantroyford and @samanbww for site building, @iandees for deployment and migration planning, and my colleagues from the OSM US chapter board for reviews and guidance. Alex * join.openstreetmap.us is pointed to the actual join form as we speak. -- Alex Barth Secretary OpenStreetMap United States Inc.
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