[OHM] OHM Updates

[Jeff Meyer]

Hi all -

Just a quick update, with more news to follow.

The site is back up at: https://openhistoricalmap.org

: )

There are plenty of things the team (Sanjay, Sajjad, Dan, and others) are
still working on & some items that don't work, but you should be able to:
- Confirm the site is back up
- See that it looks a bit different & has some new features (whether they
are working or not)
- Most importantly: confirm you can login & make edits

The team is still putting some finishing touches on things, so please be
gentle & be sure to save offline any edits you make.

More details to follow, when we're more confident in the state of the site.

Thanks,
Jeff



On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 10:40 AM Jeff Meyer <jeff at gwhat.org> wrote:

> Hi all -
>
> A few quick updates on what's going on with the site and OHM in general.
>
> *In genera*l - we're (myself, Shekhar Krishnan, Richard Welty, & anyone
> else who wants to join in & have a say!) looking to get organized slightly
> more formally. This will mean clearer governance (e.g. how the site is run,
> how new features are added, who has a say in all of that, a code of
> conduct, do we have a formal org?) and hopefully, greater community and
> transparency. Richard has taken the lead on the task of figuring out if
> there are partnerships for this org that make sense. Many thanks to Richard
> for this.
>
> With that said, to be clear about who's doing what right now & where the
> conversations are taking place & help of any type in any area is most
> welcome.
> *- Dev work* - largely being performed by GreenInfoNetwork (Dan
> Rademacher, Gregor Allenworth, Seth Fitzsimmons, Jim McAndrew & several
> others over the past 2 years) and DevSeed (Sanjay Bhangar, Sajjad Anwar,
> and Ruben Lopez Mendoza). I've been funding this work in the hopes that we
> could make the site more appealing to new users and other projects.
> *- Site ops -* currently being managed by the OHM org on AWS. This team
> currently consists of GIN & DevSeed people, but we are open to volunteer
> efforts (especially once we get through this migration).
>
> *Migration progress* - we are getting closer to having the new site up
> and running. Migrating the database has not been as plug and play as we
> would have hoped, so Sanjay, Sajjad, and Ruben are busy running down all
> the issues (e.g., why isn't ID working? why aren't the tiles updating as
> quickly as we'd like).
>
> What I can report is this - I have:
> - Logged onto the new server using my old credentials & seen my mail
> - Seen old changesets on the new server
> - Seen diary entries from the old site
> - Uploaded data to test out the API
>
> So... we're getting close. I'm very excited about where we're headed and
> thanks for your patience in the meantime!
>
> Also, great places to stay connected that have a little less overhead than
> email:
> #openhistoricalmap on OSM-US Slack: https://slack.openstreetmap.us/
> #openhistoricalmap on OSM World Discord: https://discord.gg/J6H3Za
>
> Thanks & let me know if you have any questions - I'm sure I've missed
> something,
> 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
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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