[OSM-dev] 2nd OSM Hack Weekend

[Richard Fairhurst]

Martijn van Exel wrote:

> What we certainly need to do in advance is discuss the scope of the
> OpenStreetBug-'platform' effort for the weekend.

...which kinda tallies with something I've started to wonder about.

We need something for OSM that's as immediate as Google MapMaker, no  
question about that - a super-easy way for people to edit data  
without having to learn anything. Until recently I've assumed that  
this basically means Potlatch should be rewritten accordingly.

But actually now I'm wondering whether it would be better to build an  
entirely new "map-drawing wizard" in an OpenStreetBugs style. Like it  
or loathe it :) , Potlatch is (IMeversoHO) a reasonably good  
middleweight editor, just as JOSM is a heavyweight editor: GMM,  
meanwhile, is great for the newbie, but I suspect would drive most  
Potlatch users up the wall.

Would it be a better use of time to give "the new OSB" line-drawing  
capabilities, rather than persuading Potlatch to become something it  
isn't? I'd be interested to hear opinions.

cheers
Richard