Pete Masters called our attention on this new feature for communities on OpenStreetMap, so I decided to give it a try.

First thing to say is that it resulted me very confusing, not only the name -as is told in the comments of the original publication- but the sign up process too. Here are some screen captures to ilustrate the process:

This part was easy but confusing. I had to take a look at the URL to be sure I was not trying to create another OSM user. And I had my OSM user live and open in another tab.

I got this screen after finalizing the sign up process. Still confusing because it has the OSM logo on it, I was still wondering if I had created another OSM user.

Here it told me that was already in communities, but it took me a little while to realize that I had to click on the blue “Communities” button. Probably my fault.

After doing that I got this screen. Not so clear to me what to do. I was expecting a list of communities to join. But the option was only to create one. Very fragmenting, communally speaking.

So… I created a community. But I was alone, so I told Andres to join… And he ended up creating his own community too.

In short, an interesting tool that I must continue to review but that I believe needs to undergo a series of adjustments to make it more differentiated and intuitive.