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<div>It is not official.<br>
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<div>Steve</div>
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<div>On May 13, 2023, at 10:20 AM, Chris Andrew <cjhandrew@gmail.com> wrote:</div>
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<div dir="auto">Forgive my ignorance, I'm not sure of the leadership hierarchy. Is this an 'official' alternative, or a grassroots proposal.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Thanks,</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 13 May 2023, 16:47 Steve Coast, <<a href="mailto:steve@stevecoast.com">steve@stevecoast.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium">Dear all<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium">We formed OSMF to take care of the map. Let’s reset and focus on that with a strategic plan by the mappers for the mappers:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p>1.<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"> </span>The
website will focus on completing the map. The map currently shows the “best” view of the map, it will be changed via voluntary or paid efforts to show the “worst” view of the map to encourage completion, like in the beginning when it was blank, and it led
to huge efforts to fill the map in:<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-left:1.0in">a.<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"> </span>We
will decide what the main thing to complete is. For example, if we decide it’s address data then we will do the following:<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-left:1.5in"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"> </span>i.<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"> </span>OSM
will only render roads with a new tag “addr:complete", where mappers manually will have to mark roads as address complete. This will immediately make the map go very blank and create a large global project to finish addressing, which is the main thing missing
in OSM.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-left:1.5in"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"> </span>ii.<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"> </span>Once
complete, we will take similar steps to map, for example, PoIs and only show roads will all PoIs added.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-left:1.0in">b.<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"> </span>OSM
will only render features newer than 24 months to encourage refreshing and revisiting. A tag “feature:verified_2023” or equivalent will be used to do this, along with the last edit date of the feature. <u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-left:1.0in">c.<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"> </span>Map
notes will be turned on by default.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-left:1.0in">d.<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"> </span>Social
and map quality features will be built in to <a href="http://osm.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">
osm.org</a> which will drive engagement and mapping towards completion, for example alerting users to edits or routing problems near where they edit.[2]<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-left:1.0in">e.<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"> </span>Leaderboards
of editors, countries, states, regions and counties will be front and center to encourage editing, for example percentage of “addr:complete” roads per country.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p>2.<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"> </span>Funding
will focus on completing the map:<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-left:1.0in">a.<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"> </span>By
having a clear metrics-based plan above we can seek funding to build specific tools and features towards map completion.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-left:1.0in">b.<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"> </span>A
paid “OpenStreetMap Approved” program will standardize corporate membership by certifying a company uses OSM data in a way that respects the license and community.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-left:1.0in">c.<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"> </span>A
certified version of OSM will be released quarterly that has been semi-automatically checked for validity and correctness. Paid corporate members can be involved in the process.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-left:1.0in">d.<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"> </span>OSM
conferences and local chapters will pay OSMF a small fee per attendee or member and in exchange also be “OpenStreetMap Approved”, once the board is shown to be effective.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p>3.<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"> </span>The
board will focus on completing the map:<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-left:1.0in">a.<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"> </span>Reduce
the board size and require regional representation.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-left:1.0in">b.<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"> </span>Board
members must make a public financial and time commitment.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-left:1.0in">c.<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"> </span>The
board will build completion metrics for the map, by using existing tools and working with companies who already have many tools, and engaging with the community. These will be the main agenda of the board meetings.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-left:1.0in">d.<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"> </span>All
discretionary funding will go to projects and community members who build credible plans to help complete the map.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium">If this is interesting, I’d love feedback. We can run some BoF sessions at SOTM US, EU and Africa in July, November and December. Then SOTM Asia when it is confirmed.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium">Best<u></u><u></u></p>
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