[OSM-dev] [Strategic] OSM front page discussion and user survey results (with pictures)

[Josh Doe]

Can someone point me to discussions regarding OSB and MapDust? I'm not
sure if there have been any, but I couldn't easily find any. OSB is
mentioned on the MapDust wiki page, but not the other way.

MapDust seems fairly well developed, though I understand the MapDust
DB is privately operated, so I know it not something OSB could use.
But what about learning from what they've done, or perhaps working
together to use a common API? That way there could be multiple bug
services, some privately operated (like Skobbler/MapDust) and others
like OSB, but consumers could all use the same plugins, web
interfaces, etc.

-Josh

On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Steve Coast <steve at asklater.com> wrote:
> WORKSFORME
>
> Is it still correct to call is OSB though? It feels like a rewrite,
> integrated in to the rails_port. When you say OSB I think of .... OSB.
>
> Steve
>
> On 5/1/2011 12:37 PM, Kai Krueger wrote:
>>
>> Should we not move the discussion about the details of the OpenStreetBugs
>> implementation from the strategic mailing list over to the dev list? (which
>> I have CCed)
>>
>> It seems there is general consensus about that if technically done
>> correctly, an instance of OpenStreetBugs integrated into the main page would
>> be welcomed and useful, so the strategic aspect is done and we are now well
>> into the implementation phase.
>>
>> Kai
>>
>> On 29/04/2011 13:55, Steve Coast wrote:
>>>
>>> So I played with it, it looks pretty good. My changes would be
>>> relatively minor, plus some questions.
>>>
>>> * Only let me enter bugs when zoomed in a fair way
>>> * Don't show me all the bugs just by default on the map.
>>> * I really don't believe in having to click the map again to enter a
>>> bug. My mum would be confused. Just use the center point of the map. So
>>> the model is, click to enter bug, popup, it says "be as descriptive as
>>> possible", done. The extra click makes a lot of sense for you and me,
>>> but not someone new. I know there are a ton of "but, but, but" arguments
>>> against this, but really, simple is _so_ much better.
>>>
>>> Now questions
>>>
>>> * I'm assuming the API looks sane?
>>> * I'm assuming the data is all going in to whatever rails db is talking
>>> to, not some magical special other db?
>>> * I'm assuming there has been some cross-browser testing?
>>> * I'm assuming there is a proper db migration
>>>
>>> I'm happy to take a peek at the code too and make some adjustments,
>>> where is it?
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 4/29/2011 10:39 AM, Kai Krueger wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 04/29/2011 02:56 AM, Eugene Usvitsky wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> * "Report an error" link to OpenStreetBugs
>>>>
>>>> I'd like to mention that there is a (more or less) fully functional
>>>> implementation of the "Report an error" functionality at
>>>> http://openstreetbugs.dev.openstreetmap.org/
>>>>
>>>> It is heavily modeled after the ideas of the original OSB (and uses
>>>> large parts of the client javascript written by Candid Dauth), but is
>>>> fully integrated into the rails_port. Apart from having the bugs
>>>> stored in the main OSM database, this also allows to hook into OSM's
>>>> user management to make it easier to keep track of your own bugs and
>>>> bug comments. This might make it easier to communicate between bug
>>>> reporter and mapper.
>>>>
>>>> The Api was also slightly adopted from the original OSB API to be more
>>>> in line with the other rails APIs. It is mostly a rename, though, so
>>>> it shouldn't be difficult to adapt existing clients to the new API.
>>>>
>>>> A year ago, when I did the bulk of the coding, I talked to Mitja
>>>> Kleider (the maintainer of the current OSB instance) about possible
>>>> transition strategies from the external OSB instance to the integrated
>>>> one once things are ready. He said it would probably be possible to
>>>> use the existing URLs as a proxy to not cause any disruption for
>>>> existing clients in the transition period and thus gracefully moving
>>>> over without any losses.
>>>>
>>>> Tom has just agreed to have a look at the code and review it in the
>>>> next couple of weeks, so depending on what his review sais and how
>>>> much change and clean up is necessary, we might be able to see some
>>>> progress on this fairly soon.
>>>>
>>>> If people have comments and suggestions on what can be improved, I'd
>>>> be grateful for any tips. However, my priority is on getting something
>>>> workable and usable actually deployed before adding too many new
>>>> features.
>>>>
>>>> Kai
>>>>
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