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

[Sarah Hoffmann]

Thanks, that's really helpful. I'll ask about previous discussion.

We'd certainly only accept writing software for the import as a
GSOC contribution, not the import itself. And even then, I do have some
reservations, if it would be for a one-time import. That somewhat goes
against "learning how to contribute to open source". It's more of "do my
own thing which happens to be open source".

Sarah

On Mon, Mar 31, 2025 at 02:54:35PM +0200, Mateusz Konieczny wrote:
> I am not aware of an import discussion.
> 
> I am not aware of David Skalec (or Dawid Skalec) though
> many people in Polish OSM community use nicknames.
> 
> I know that some "Polish national geodata registries" were imported
> and there is pipeline, for some there is something but really bad or broken.
> And some are pile of garbage data not worth importing.
> And some were imported more than decade ago and people who did disappeared,
> and any software if existed is not recoverable.
> 
> Disclaimer: my memory for names is really poor, it is possible I forgot them
> 
> -unasked for content follows, feel free to ignore without reading-
> 
> I would ask them:
> - have they discussed at https://community.openstreetmap.org/c/communities/pl/40
> usefulness of importing such data
> - are they active in OSM community under nickname (or their name)
> - are they aware of https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines
> - can they be more specific which Polish national geodata registries
> they want to import
> - how they checked their quality and whether datasets are up to date (not
> all are usable for import)
> 
> I would also strongly recommend making pipeline as part of GSOC and not
> making import itself part of the grant (I am doing it with ATP import
> infrastructure,
> to reduce conflict of interest)
> 
> -- Mateusz Konieczny
> 
> On Mon, 31 Mar 2025 at 09:02, Sarah Hoffmann <lonvia at denofr.de> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Mateusz,
> >
> > we've received an idea for GSOC about some Polish import data. See
> > below. Do you happen to know anything about that? Is that an import that
> > has already been discussed in the community? Do you know David Skalec
> > and know if he has the skills to be a mentor? And do you happen to know
> > if there is any pre-existing open-source software on that, i.e. would it
> > even be suitable for GSOC?
> >
> > 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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