<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">I’d be happy to mentor the project. My background is primarily in Python, and I have experience working with data processing. I’ve been involved in this project: <a href="https://github.com/polish96">https://github.com/polish96</a>.<br><br>Additionally, I have experience in processing address data from the Polish State Register of Borders, which contains all address points in Poland. I am familiar with the structure, data schema, and specific constraints of this dataset, including administrative boundaries, territorial division codes, and spatial relationships within the Polish administrative framework.<br><br>As for a backup mentor, I have a few people in mind at the moment and may contact some of the collaborators involved in this project to ask if they would be interested. I will write to you as soon as I get a response from them.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div>Dawid Skalec</div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">śr., 2 kwi 2025 o 11:01 Sarah Hoffmann <<a href="mailto:lonvia@denofr.de">lonvia@denofr.de</a>> napisał(a):<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi Dawid,<br>
<br>
the plan sounds okay but we would need two mentors with some open source<br>
experience for the project.<br>
<br>
I understand that you would be willing to mentor. Do you mind letting us<br>
know what your background in programming is? Maybe you have a github<br>
account or similar to share?<br>
<br>
And do you know another person who would be willing to be backup mentor?<br>
Ideally it would be somebody who was involved in the budynki project.<br>
<br>
Sarah<br>
<br>
On Mon, Mar 31, 2025 at 11:00:50PM +0200, Dawid Skalec wrote:<br>
> Hi Sarah,<br>
> <br>
> Thanks for your message and the feedback. I’d like to clarify a few things<br>
> regarding the project to address your concerns and provide more context.<br>
> <br>
> The project I mentioned involves utilizing data from the Polish Head Office<br>
> of Geodesy and Cartography to improve OSM data. Here’s a brief overview of<br>
> the project and its objectives:<br>
> <br>
> The website allows users to download data packages with missing<br>
> addresses/buildings and add them to OSM using the JOSM tool.<br>
> <br>
> You can find more details here: <a href="https://budynki.openstreetmap.org.pl/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://budynki.openstreetmap.org.pl/</a> and ht<br>
> tps://<a href="http://github.com/openstreetmap-polska/gugik2osm" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">github.com/openstreetmap-polska/gugik2osm</a><br>
> <br>
> Regarding your concerns:<br>
> <br>
> - Approval by the Community: Data used in this project comes from Polish<br>
> Head Office of Geodesy and Cartography data, which are publicly<br>
> available and suitable for integration with OSM. The Polish OSM community<br>
> gave a consensus to launch the site and hence this project was launched.<br>
> - Scope of GSOC: We understand that GSoC projects focus on developing<br>
> software tools, not adding data directly to OSM. The goal of this project<br>
> is to create a new tool that will help process data from Polish Head Office<br>
> of Geodesy and Cartography, identify missing addresses/buildings and make<br>
> it easier to add them to OSM using JOSM. This is in line with GSoC's goal<br>
> of writing software. The actual data import will not be part of the GSoC<br>
> project itself, but rather the development of a tool for processing and<br>
> preparing data.<br>
> - Reuse and Sustainability: We fully agree that open-source projects<br>
> should be reusable and sustainable. The current platform allows users to<br>
> download missing addresses/buildings in a structured .osm format, ensuring<br>
> it can be reused for similar projects in the future. We are considering<br>
> starting fresh to ensure a more stable and maintainable platform.<br>
> <br>
> Unfortunately several issues arose:<br>
> <br>
> 1. The minute-by-minute update functionality that checks for recent OSM<br>
> changes no longer works.<br>
> 2. The reporting feature for incorrect addresses/buildings is currently<br>
> broken.<br>
> 3. The tool responsible for executing scripts on the page is having<br>
> problems with its database connections and no longer works as expected.<br>
> <br>
> I hope this clarifies the purpose of the project and how it fits within the<br>
> guidelines of GSoC.<br>
> <br>
> Best regards,<br>
> Dawid Skalec<br>
> <br>
> pon., 31 mar 2025 o 22:32 Sarah Hoffmann <<a href="mailto:lonvia@denofr.de" target="_blank">lonvia@denofr.de</a>> napisał(a):<br>
> <br>
> > Hi Radosław,<br>
> ><br>
> > thanks for getting in touch.<br>
> ><br>
> > Imports are somewhat a difficult subject in OpenStreetMap. We require<br>
> > that they are discussed in advance with and approved by the community.<br>
> > Has this already happened in this case? This would be a hard<br>
> > requirement for doing an import tool as a GSOC project because otherwise<br>
> > the success of the project is in serious danger. Basically, you should<br>
> > already past step 4 in the<br>
> > <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines</a><br>
> ><br>
> > The other thing to keep in mind is that GSOC is about writing software,<br>
> > not about adding data to OpenStreetMap. So writing a tool for processing<br>
> > the data so that it can be imported, would be in scope. The import<br>
> > itself wouldn't be. We'd also expect that the result is somewhat<br>
> > complete product. Hacking some scripts together would not be sufficient.<br>
> > Ideally, you can show that you have given some thought about how the<br>
> > result can be reused by the next person who wants to do a similar<br>
> > project. Open source is after all not just about publishing in the open<br>
> > but about sharing.<br>
> ><br>
> > I hope that helps a bit.<br>
> ><br>
> > Kind regards<br>
> ><br>
> > Sarah<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > On Sat, Mar 29, 2025 at 08:47:46PM +0100, Radosław Dąbkowski wrote:<br>
> > > Dear OSM GSoC Organisers,<br>
> > ><br>
> > > My name is Radosław Dąbkowski, I am a student of Geoinformation Science<br>
> > at<br>
> > > the Warsaw University of Technology.<br>
> > > Recently, I have recieved a message at my university from the OSM Poland<br>
> > > board that they are looking for a student to help with importing data<br>
> > from<br>
> > > the Polish national geodata registries.<br>
> > > I think it's a idea for a project to explore during GSoC.<br>
> > ><br>
> > > I have contacted the person from OSM Poland that had sent the message to<br>
> > my<br>
> > > university and he is on board with the idea and willing to become a<br>
> > mentor.<br>
> > > Here is his email and contact info:<br>
> > > <a href="mailto:dawid.skalec@openstreetmap.pl" target="_blank">dawid.skalec@openstreetmap.pl</a><br>
> > > <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/The%20Polish" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/The%20Polish</a><br>
> > ><br>
> > > Last year I have participated as a GSoC contributor, I have enjoyed<br>
> > > my experiance and would like to do it again:<br>
> > > <a href="https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/archive/2024/projects/gMLRIpqB" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/archive/2024/projects/gMLRIpqB</a><br>
> > ><br>
> > > <<a href="https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/archive/2024/projects/gMLRIpqB" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/archive/2024/projects/gMLRIpqB</a>><br>
> > > Best regards,<br>
> > > Radosław Dąbkowski<br>
> ><br>
> > > --<br>
> > > Gsoc-orga mailing list<br>
> > > <a href="mailto:Gsoc-orga@openstreetmap.org" target="_blank">Gsoc-orga@openstreetmap.org</a><br>
> > > <a href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/gsoc-orga" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/gsoc-orga</a><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
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