On 28 Dec 2011, at 21:26, Frederik Ramm wrote: > Hi, > > On 12/28/2011 09:58 PM, John Sturdy wrote: >> I think we need to keep the "big map with a search box" quite >> prominently, partly because that is a major use, and partly because >> that is what will attract newcomers' attention and give them a way to >> evaluate the quality of our data > > This is all nice discussion among us "osm educated" people but as the thread > that Mike was referring to shows: The average newcomer will measure us > against somthing like Bing or Google and say things like, "then I searched > for the satellite view and could you believe it, shabby OpenStreetMap doesn't > even offer that". We're not a map/imagery/streetview portal and we should be > upfront about that.
This is a lot better though than "Can you believe it, OpenStreetMap doesn't even have an open street map on their home page!". Thanks Bob _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk