SteveC writes: > Or some combination. Whatever happens my best outcome would be something that > > 1) Has a big open source community behind it > 2) Is easy(ier) to use > > PL1, PL2, MapZen don't do (1) > JOSM does do (1) but for a newbie, does not do (2).
Part of the problem with Potlatch is: o It tries to be easy and approachable, and o It succeeds at that and has lots of users, and o Those users want to do more sophisticated editing, and o They want features that aren't easy and approachable, and o RichardF, being a nice person and liking his users, puts them in. IMHO, we need RichardF to be more of a bastard, and say "No, this isn't going into Potlatch. Go away and learn JOSM or Merkaartor; they're not THAT hard." Reiterate with $POTLATCH_REPLACEMENT and $AUTHOR; this problem isn't intrinsic to Potlatch or RichardF. It's not about RichardF being a volunteer; for-profit software companies do the same thing. It's not about software or people, it's about systems. -- --my blog is at http://blog.russnelson.com Crynwr supports open source software 521 Pleasant Valley Rd. | +1 315-600-8815 Potsdam, NY 13676-3213 | Sheepdog _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk