<html><head></head><body>A middle ground could be that your users upload a gpx file with osm-compatible information so that more skilled OSM contributors can use them to edit the map.<br>It relieve your app from the burden of being a map editor.<br>However, information will probably be lost in the process, we prefer first hand contributions.<br>Yves - (Opensnowmap) <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">Le 26 octobre 2018 14:54:05 GMT+02:00, Frederik Ramm <frederik@remote.org> a écrit :<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="k9mail">Hi,<br><br>On 26.10.2018 14:22, Valentina Böhm wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;">What would you recommend regarding authentication? Is it ok if users of<br>my app are committing data on my behalf or should all users have their<br>own OSM account?<br></blockquote><br>Using a central account for aggregated user contributions is<br>discouraged; if some of your users commit vandalism or add data from<br>illegal sources, it becomes very difficult to separate the good from the<br>bad. Also, other OSM mappers might want to contact the user who has<br>added or changed something.<br><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;">If users have their own account, is it possible and ok if I prepare the<br>data with my algorithm and commit the data on their behalf?<br></blockquote><br>This is possible with OAuth authentication, and other programs like<br>wheelmap or StreetComplete already do something similar. Although I am a<br>little worried when you say "prepare the data with your algorithm" - you<br>should always make sure the user has full control over what they submit,<br>you should not submit something that might come as a surprise to the<br>user later.<br><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;">I’m also interested in feedback about the idea. Are there similar<br>projects? What do you think of my idea?<br></blockquote><br>"Topical" editors - software that allows specialist contributions in<br>niche areas - can be a valuable addition to the OSM editing landscape,<br>so in general I think it sounds like a good idea!<br><br>Best<br>Frederik<br></pre></blockquote></div></body></html>