On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 2:26 PM, Alex Barth <a...@mapbox.com> wrote: > ## Proposal > > Inspired by successful campaigns like "Intel Inside" and "Fair Trade", this > RFC proposes an OpenStreetMap contributor mark for use on OpenStreetMap based > maps. The goal of the OSM contributor mark is to be adopted by as many OSM > data users as possible and on as many OSM based maps as possible, thus > creating more awareness of the value of free and open geographic data.
this sounds like an interesting idea. it's worth noting that the ODbL requires a textual attribution, and we suggest a link to the "copyright" page [1] where it is appropriate to the medium. are you suggesting that the OSM contributor mark would be an additional, voluntary, on-screen display? from your examples it seems that you'd consider this mark to be a replacement for the required textual attribution - is that right? also, i am confused by the "contributor" part of it - isn't this an "OSM data user mark"? > With these goals in mind > > - the mark should be compelling and recognizable (i.e. not generic). i find this hammer-in-teardrop symbol to be very generic, and not very compelling. > - it should work off maps in cases where thumbnail maps need to be attributed > e.g. in mobile devices > - the mark should be clearly distinct from common map user interface elements. > - the mark should link to a page on openstreetmap.org that explains the > openness of OSM data and its local, community driven nature. this sounds like a general "about" page to me. which is fine - we need a good "about" page, and the example you've given looks good. a few points i noticed: - its very graphically heavy - the explanation its trying to provide is mostly off-screen, and (at least on my display) initially occupies a tiny area in the lower left of the screen. if this is the important part of the page, rather than the picture, shouldn't it be more prominent? - as ppawel has already pointed out, it's pretty radically and confusingly differently styled to the rest of the OSM sites. - (minor) probably better to link to learnosm than the wiki? seems rather cruel to subject someone to the wiki when it might be only the second OSM page they see ;-) cheers, matt _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
