osmbe/osm-welcome-tool

Please copy Ontario's default welcome message to British Columbia

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cliffordsnow commented

BC doesn't have a default welcome message. Would be helpful to add one. Ontario's a good generic to use for another Canadian province.

jbelien commented

Duplicate of #858

jbelien commented

Hey @cliffordsnow , didn't take the time yet to reply to #858 but I'll do both in the next few days.

cliffordsnow commented

Sorry I didn't remember creating #858

cliffordsnow commented

@jbelien I see this has been closed, but I'd really like to see a welcome message for British Columbia. Below is a sample markdown text that should work.

name: Default
title: Welcome to OpenStreetMap

I noticed you made your first contribution to OpenStreetMap. Congratulations, and thanks! As of now, you can consider yourself part of the Canadian OSM community. Your edit is live within a couple of minutes. You may have to refresh your browser to see your edit.

If you have any questions at all, we can help out: you think you might have broken something, you’re in doubt how to map something particular, or you just want to know more about OpenStreetMap, contact us!

Here are some useful things to get you started:

  • I highly recommend using the OSM wiki-pages, including the Canada Tagging Guidlines. If you don’t find how to map something within the editor of your choice, the quickest solution is look at Map Features on the wiki. For more complicated questions you can search in or post on the Community Forum. Probably the best place to ask on OpenStreetMap Canada's Slack. Slack is a collaboration tool for OSM mappers, organizers, and developers.

  • learnOSM is a good place to learn more about OSM. Instructions are available for using the iD browser editor and the more advanced JOSM editor.

  • Want to see who’s mapping near you, or want to see how much you’ve been doing yourself, check out the maps at resultmaps.neis-one.org.

  • If you are a business owner and want to learn how to add OpenStreetMap to your website, check out the site Switch2OSM

So what should you map next? I highly recommend adding features around you. Restaurants, business, streets, sidewalks, benches, basically features that you know best. You are the expert. If you find a business already mapped, make sure there is an address. There is something satisfying about filling in the map around you. Or correcting a road when the local government makes changes to it. Do you have any special interests, like biking, hiking, or even trains? Did you know we have the best bike, hiking and train world wide networks of any site. But like everything else, they can always use improvements.

Happy Mapping!