[OHM] 5/29 Dev Meeting notes

[Jeff Meyer]

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>
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