(Apologies to subscribers to newbies - I have already posted this message there, but I think it is of general interest, too.)
The barrier to entry to OSM seems to be falling. Now we’ve got an awesome even easier-to-use online editor and hi-res imagery for much more of the world. We now need some basic tutorial videos to go with these. In the spirit of the do-ocracy, I’ve had a go at getting started. I’ve created a short tutorial video for adding POIs using Potlatch 2. I envisage this being part of a series of 3 short videos. I see parts 2 and 3 covering tracing ways from Bing, possibly adding ways to route relations, creating areas (closed ways) and a few remaining features. The aim is to keep each video under five minutes long (as I personally would not sit through an online tutorial any longer than that!). I’ve also aimed to make it reasonably easy to re-edit once P2 is the default editor. If they are popular, perhaps we could also add some GPS-related tutorials in the future. I haven’t yet attempted parts 2 and 3, because I thought I would get some feedback on the rough cut of part 1. Unfortunately, the sound quality is pretty poor due to my incompetent use of the audio settings, and I plan to re-record once I have some feedback (my intonation is a bit odd at times, too). I anticipate different people will have different views, so please don’t expect me to act on all suggestions (I’ll only act on the ones I think are a good idea!). So let me know what you think: http://www.vimeo.com/18559427 Cheers David (davespod) P.S. I’d consider releasing this CC0 to maximise worry-free re-editing and re-use. However, I’m slightly concerned there might be howls of anguish if OSM data is in a CC0 video. I suspect it would be fair use, as would using Bing imagery in the background, so more worried about the community reaction than the legality. -- View this message in context: http://gis.638310.n2.nabble.com/Potlatch-2-tutorial-video-part-1-rough-cut-tp6009950p6009950.html Sent from the General Discussion mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
