On Wed, 7 Dec 2011 13:58:30 +0100 Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2011/12/7 mick <bare...@tpg.com.au>: > >> Martijn van Exel wrote: > >> That's an interesting thought, but part of the excitement of > >> contributing to OSM is the instant gratification of seeing your own > >> improvements on the map and being able to share your knowledge with > >> the world right away. Having new contributors make their first > >> contributions in a sandbox environment takes away a lot of that > >> excitement. Moreover, I think it's important for novices to feel the > >> responsibility and power of > >> editing a live database, something they will only be able to > >> appreciate if they actually do it. > > > +1 > > > > The logic?? behind my suggestion for a sandbox is that, especially in the > > earliest stages is that the stupid mistakes can be made and a form of > > instant gratification is presented by the dummy server/site which is > > running a sacrificial subset of OSM. > > > there is AFAIK a sandbox on the devserver, but I agree with Martijn: > better start with learning responsibility and edit the real data. > > > >> Sure, they will make mistakes at first. Everyone does. It's no big > >> deal, as long as people are willing to improve and learn. I for one am > >> glad that not many of my early 2007 edits are still around. > > > > I have to admit that my idea of a dummy or testing/learning server would > > help me with my own project - mapping of historic objects that may only > > remain as stains and other archaeology under the ground, such as Roman > > Roads, Marching Camps etc. > > > interesting. I suggest you have a look at the keys > historic:civilization, > historic=road/archaeological_site/aqueduct/tomb/..., ruins=yes I have been including items with those tags but a lot of what I'm seeking to map is only visible to geophysical survey or archaeological digs therefore not eligible for inclusion on OSM. I am starting with OSM data as a base layer to tie the details onto and as a source of data. I thought using a discrete OSM like server would save me having to reinvent the wheel, particularly if others felt an urge to share. mick _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
