[OHM] OHM Updates

[Jeff Meyer]

Hi all -

Another quick update:
- The site is up... this is good
- Edits and updates are not making it through to the vector tiles... this
is bad. But! We are aware and on it. Thanks for your continued patience!
  -- Fixing this is our #1 priority

Thanks & please let me know if you have any other questions,
Jeff



On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 11:58 AM Jeff Meyer <jeff at gwhat.org> wrote:

> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> --
> 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
>
>
>
>
>

-- 
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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