I agree with Martin. It would be nice to keep the map prominent on the home page... but add more interactivity. Permalinks with markers would be a big advantage as it would make the map more functional without adding too much overhead. When I want to point something out to someone, I send the URL of the area they should view and say "take a look at the [insert colour here] part in the middle, you'll find it there".
I think a big first step for people becoming involved in the project is for them to start using it in every day life. Perhaps a compromise would be to have some links to other versions of the map with a small thumbnail of what they look like (like the cycle map), as well as some basic drawing ability (permalink & ruler maybe?). Thoughts? Regards, Brendan 2009/6/16 Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com>: > 2009/6/16 Peter Dörrie <peter.doer...@googlemail.com>: >> >> Well, but it is an issue that the map we show off now, is not exactly >> feature rich (plain text: is nothing to show off). So I think the discussion >> is warranted to either add more bliing bling to the map, or give it a less >> dominant status. >> >> >> I personally prefer the second approach. The map on osm.org is mainly a >> working tool. It is not shiny, but it has a purpose and it does itss job >> well. So we should present it that way and give the "first row advantage" to >> those shiny feature-laden applications that serve well to impress and >> convince new people of OSM. > > I disagree because I think, the map is the best way to show our > potential (and is also used to serve access to > online(potlatch-)editors and to export data). Some more features > wouldn't harm though, if inserted into the common interface without > any cluttering (e.g. "intelligent" search, GUI for adding markers in > permalinks, etc.). > > Martin > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
