From 625afc302d005756e477b14837716023ce696a53 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tobias Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2021 21:32:50 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Readme: Add link to presentation about MapComplete This presentation gives a good overview about the project. Lets link it here. Also, some highlighting for more structure / "scannability" of the content. --- README.md | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 1373391a5..566ab402a 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -2,28 +2,30 @@ > Let a thousand flowers bloom -MapComplete is an OpenStreetMap viewer and editor. It shows map features on a certain topic, and allows to see, edit and +**MapComplete is an OpenStreetMap viewer and editor.** It shows map features on a certain topic, and allows to see, edit and add new features to the map. It can be seen as a webversion [crossover of StreetComplete and MapContrib](Docs/MapComplete_vs_other_editors.md). It tries to be just as easy to use as StreetComplete, but it allows to focus on one single theme per instance (e.g. nature, bicycle infrastructure, ...) -The design goals of MapComplete are to be: +**The design goals** of MapComplete are to be: - Easy to use, both on web and on mobile - Easy to deploy (by not having a backend) - Easy to set up a custom theme - Easy to fall down the rabbit hole of OSM -The basic functionality is to download some map features from Overpass and then ask certain questions. An answer is sent +**The basic functionality is** to download some map features from Overpass and then ask certain questions. An answer is sent back to directly to OpenStreetMap. Furthermore, it shows images present in the `image` tag or, if a `wikidata` or `wikimedia_commons`-tag is present, it follows those to get these images too. -An explicit non-goal of MapComplete is to modify geometries of ways. Although adding a point to a way or splitting a way +**An explicit non-goal** of MapComplete is to modify geometries of ways. Although adding a point to a way or splitting a way in two parts might be added one day. +**More about MapComplete:** [Watch Pieter's talk on the 2021 State Of The Map Conference](https://media.ccc.de/v/sotm2021-9448-introduction-and-review-of-mapcomplete) ([YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTtMn6fNbYY)) about the history, vision and future of MapComplete. + # Creating your own theme It is possible to quickly make and distribute your own theme