[Gsoc-orga] A project to fix the Polish government data import pipeline

Wed Apr 2 09:39:45 UTC 2025

Hello,

this is Cristoffs, the community affairs for this project have been taken
care of. I even talked to Hector about adapting this tool for the Spanish
community (adding him).

Project has the full support of OSM Poland.

pon., 31 mar 2025 o 23:01 Dawid Skalec <dawid.skalec at openstreetmap.pl>
napisał(a):

> Hi Sarah,
>
> Thanks for your message and the feedback. I’d like to clarify a few things
> regarding the project to address your concerns and provide more context.
>
> The project I mentioned involves utilizing data from the Polish Head
> Office of Geodesy and Cartography to improve OSM data. Here’s a brief
> overview of the project and its objectives:
>
> The website allows users to download data packages with missing
> addresses/buildings and add them to OSM using the JOSM tool.
>
> You can find more details here: https://budynki.openstreetmap.org.pl/ and
> https://github.com/openstreetmap-polska/gugik2osm
>
> Regarding your concerns:
>
>    - Approval by the Community: Data used in this project comes from
>    Polish Head Office of Geodesy and Cartography data, which are publicly
>    available and suitable for integration with OSM. The Polish OSM community
>    gave a consensus to launch the site and hence this project was launched.
>    - Scope of GSOC: We understand that GSoC projects focus on developing
>    software tools, not adding data directly to OSM. The goal of this project
>    is to create a new tool that will help process data from Polish Head Office
>    of Geodesy and Cartography, identify missing addresses/buildings and make
>    it easier to add them to OSM using JOSM. This is in line with GSoC's goal
>    of writing software. The actual data import will not be part of the GSoC
>    project itself, but rather the development of a tool for processing and
>    preparing data.
>    - Reuse and Sustainability: We fully agree that open-source projects
>    should be reusable and sustainable. The current platform allows users to
>    download missing addresses/buildings in a structured .osm format, ensuring
>    it can be reused for similar projects in the future. We are
>    considering starting fresh to ensure a more stable and maintainable
>    platform.
>
> Unfortunately several issues arose:
>
>    1. The minute-by-minute update functionality that checks for recent
>    OSM changes no longer works.
>    2. The reporting feature for incorrect addresses/buildings is
>    currently broken.
>    3. The tool responsible for executing scripts on the page is having
>    problems with its database connections and no longer works as expected.
>
> I hope this clarifies the purpose of the project and how it fits within
> the guidelines of GSoC.
>
> Best regards,
> Dawid Skalec
>
> pon., 31 mar 2025 o 22:32 Sarah Hoffmann <lonvia at denofr.de> napisał(a):
>
>> Hi Radosław,
>>
>> thanks for getting in touch.
>>
>> Imports are somewhat a difficult subject in OpenStreetMap. We require
>> that they are discussed in advance with and approved by the community.
>> Has this already happened in this case? This would be a hard
>> requirement for doing an import tool as a GSOC project because otherwise
>> the success of the project is in serious danger. Basically, you should
>> already past step 4 in the
>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines
>>
>> The other thing to keep in mind is that GSOC is about writing software,
>> not about adding data to OpenStreetMap. So writing a tool for processing
>> the data so that it can be imported, would be in scope. The import
>> itself wouldn't be. We'd also expect that the result is somewhat
>> complete product. Hacking some scripts together would not be sufficient.
>> Ideally, you can show that you have given some thought about how the
>> result can be reused by the next person who wants to do a similar
>> project. Open source is after all not just about publishing in the open
>> but about sharing.
>>
>> I hope that helps a bit.
>>
>> Kind regards
>>
>> Sarah
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 29, 2025 at 08:47:46PM +0100, Radosław Dąbkowski wrote:
>> > Dear OSM GSoC Organisers,
>> >
>> > My name is Radosław Dąbkowski, I am a student of Geoinformation Science
>> at
>> > the Warsaw University of Technology.
>> > Recently, I have recieved a message at my university from the OSM Poland
>> > board that they are  looking for a student to help with importing data
>> from
>> > the Polish national geodata registries.
>> > I think it's a idea for a project to explore during GSoC.
>> >
>> > I have contacted the person from OSM Poland that had sent the message
>> to my
>> > university and he is on board with the idea and willing to become a
>> mentor.
>> > Here is his email and contact info:
>> > dawid.skalec at openstreetmap.pl
>> > https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/The%20Polish
>> >
>> > Last year I have participated as a GSoC contributor, I have enjoyed
>> > my experiance and would like to do it again:
>> > https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/archive/2024/projects/gMLRIpqB
>> >
>> > <https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/archive/2024/projects/gMLRIpqB>
>> > Best regards,
>> > Radosław Dąbkowski
>>
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>>
>>

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