[OHM] 5/29 Dev Meeting notes

[Jeff Meyer]

Hi Pieter -

That is awesome. If you'd like, you can make some mods to ID in our repo
here: https://github.com/OpenHistoricalMap.

What presets did you have in mind?

Jim, Seth - what's the best way for Pieter to help out here?

Thanks,
Jeff


On Tue, Jun 4, 2019 at 1:38 PM Pieter Vander Vennet <pietervdvn at posteo.net>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm afraid my previous email has been lost into the void.
>
> I will be the coach for Open Summer Of Code coming july. A small heritage
> organisation asked us to create 'some tool to make adding heritage data
> easier'.
>
> I was planning to create an iD-fork for OHM with presets that they would
> need - is that a good idea?
>
> The slider is pretty cool btw!
> On 01.06.19 00:36, Jeff Meyer wrote:
>
> Hi all -
>
> We had a good meeting this past Wednesday - thanks to all attendees: Bert
> de Brujin, Charlotte Wolter, Gregor Allenworth, Rob Warren, and Seth
> Fitzsimmons.
>
> Updates:
>
> - Gregor provided an overview of the *latest timeslider demo* (see here:
> https://openhistoricalmap.github.io/openhistoricaltiles/mbgl-control-timeslider/demo/#15.000/49.55012/17.72994/1830,1800-1900
> )
> - Updates to the functionality include:
>   -- *Greater tolerance for incomplete date tags* (e.g. it works with
> just year tags in smart ways)
>   -- *Support for negative dates* (!) - this is a big deal, as normal
> database handling and internet date standards (ISO 8601) don't support
> this. Now, we can now go back into BCE - check this out:
> https://openhistoricalmap.github.io/openhistoricaltiles/mbgl-control-timeslider/demo/#15.998/29.97424/31.13004/-2493,-4000-2018
>
>
> - Seth provided updates on:
>   - *Border handling at both high and low zoom levels* - this is
> different from how OSM handles borders, so this will be cool - you can get
> a preview of how this works with Maine's historical borders here:
> https://openhistoricalmap.github.io/openhistoricaltiles/mbgl-control-timeslider/demo/#6.247/45.93660/-67.31992/1784,1700-1900
>   - *Integrating the time slider with the rest of the OHM site* (aka the
> "Rails app") in the next couple of weeks
>
> - Operating model updates
>   -- Discussed how decision making process will work within the OHM
> community.
>   -- Rob agreed to look at the updates we are proposing and if ok,,deploy
> them at some point in the near future. Changes can be found at:
> https://github.com/OpenHistoricalMap/ohm-website
>
> - Transition / launch strategy
>   -- Bert had a good suggestion that we may want to run the new / vector
> tile-based site in parallel with the existing site while we prove its
> reliability. We'll be taking a look at how to make that possible.
>
> - Grant writing
>   -- Charlotte offered to help write grant proposals to help fund OHM.
> This is awesome! I believe we'll need to do a few things before we can
> truly pursue funding: a) have a published governance model, b) have a site
> that shows more of the capabilities / applicability of this effort to 3rd
> parties, and c) some affiliation with a non-profit organization, either our
> own or an affiliate/sponsoring institution.
>   -- I believe we can & should use the time that taking care of a, b, and
> c above will take to identify and strategize around sources of funding.
> Charlotte brought up Knight as a potential source.
>
> - Marketing updates
>   -- Jeff had not much to report here, but will start writing how-to's.
>   -- If anyone has or knows of particularly good examples to input to put
> into OHM, please let me know. We chould potentially feature them as case
> studies.
>
> As always, please let me know if you have any questions.
>
> Next meetings:
> 12 June, 10am PT, meet.google.com/bbn-yhvo-cps
> 26 June, 10am PT, meet.google.com/bbn-yhvo-cps
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff
>
> --
> Jeff Meyer
> 206-676-2347
> osm: Open Historical Map (OHM)
> <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Historical_Map> / my OSM user
> page <http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/jeffmeyer>
> t: @OpenHistMap
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Jeff Meyer
206-676-2347
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<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Historical_Map> / my OSM user page
<http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/jeffmeyer>
t: @OpenHistMap
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