@zverik I think there have been discussions over the...

@zverik I think there have been discussions over the years about going to something more like https://www.openstreetmap.fr/

I think the problem with that is that many mappers go to osm.org specifically to see their changes get rendered and making the map smaller is less satisfying when you do that.

Like 24 August at 17:47 | Wall-to-wall | Open on en.osm.town

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Ilya Zverev

@InsertUser yup, perpetuating the notion that OSM is just a map, and hiding the people and the data.

It's like with cycle lanes: unless you build them, you won't see cyclists. How you frame the project dictates what people do with it.

24 August at 18:58 | Open on en.osm.town

Ilya Zverev

@InsertUser (I'm not proposing to remove the map, just push it further down, e.g. under the /map endpoint. Like https://openstreetmap.de/ does).

24 August at 18:59 | Open on en.osm.town

Rihards Olups

@zverik @InsertUser
...like it was years ago, with the image of the week on the front page etc.
Would love to see going back to that.

24 August at 21:11 | Open on mastodon.social

Ilya Zverev

@richlv @InsertUser

Well, Image of the Week is hard to curate (and it was the wiki), but a simple semi-automatic welcome page with an explanation, list of events, how to use / contribute / contact, would be much better than what we have.

25 August at 7:40 | Open on en.osm.town

Rihards Olups

@zverik @InsertUser
Even the old wikipage might advertise the community more than the map (which is great as well :) ).

As for the image if the week - props to @harry_wood again.

25 August at 14:30 | Open on mastodon.social

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