[HOT] Fwd: Sahana-OSM Helper

[Fran Boon]

On 11 November 2011 16:26, Mikel Maron <mikel_maron at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Admin boundaries are a little complicated, involve relations between OSM
> objects
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Relation:boundary

Yes, I'm aware of that :/

> and might be more than XSLT is capable of, or easily capable of.

Well, we can use other tools, if required...

> I'm not clear why Potlatch config needs to be per-user in this case. Can you
> explain more?

Potlatch2 integrates with a site using OAuth.
The OAuth settings that I configure into a Sahana instance are
attached to a single OpenStreetMap account.
This means that all users of this Sahana instance edit as the same user.
I would prefer that each Sahana user used their own OSM account -
either their existing one (if they have one) or by easily creating a
new one if not...including the OAuth details & pulling those into
their Sahana user profile.

> Automatic registration to OSM is problematic in a number of ways, both
> technically and conceptually. If someone is editing in OSM, they should be
> aware of it.

I'm aware of this concern.
If this is for Potlatch integrated into Sahana then this is for
editing small amount of data - simple corrections/additions, not
wholesale copying of maps.

> I understand the need to make the process smooth, but there's no way around
> manual registration ... can we think about design improvements? How can
> OpenID and OAuth help, both supported by OSM?

OAuth is already part of the Potlach process.
We can't require all Sahana users to use OpenID to login (although
this is certainly an option supported generally by Sahana, it's not
one which is appropriate for the IFRC's internal instance, for
instance)

Many thanks,
Fran.

> Mikel
>
> == Mikel Maron ==
> +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron
>
> ________________________________
> From: Fran Boon <francisboon at gmail.com>
> To: Mikel Maron <mikel_maron at yahoo.com>
> Cc: Pat Tressel <ptressel at myuw.net>; hot <hot at openstreetmap.org>
> Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 10:00 AM
> Subject: Re: [HOT] Fwd: Sahana-OSM Helper
>
> Hey Mikel, we already have powerful deduplication/sync options within Eden's
> importer - we'd really like an XSLT stylesheet to link into that...
> I think import-only would be the starting point.
> Useful features include villages, potentially admin boundaries & key
> infrastructure such as hospitals & schools.
> Once the XSLT was ready then we'd want the ability to download specific
> subsets, most likely by admin boundary & most likely we'd have the WKT
> already. Once we'd got that script then a GUI widget should be easy :)
> Potlatch integration usecase includes the Red Cross for whom I am
> implementing a Sahana-based Resource Mapping System & many National
> Societies were really entrusted about being able to edit OSM. To make this
> easy we need 2 restructure the config to be per-user not site & try to
> provide automatic registration to OSM from their user-profile...
> Best Wishes,
> Fran
> On 11 Nov 2011 22:03, "Mikel Maron" <mikel_maron at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Pat
> Let's just start off in #sahana-eden ... I can probably answer most
> questions myself, but just might have some backup.
> Both JOSM and Potlatch are actively developed. Potlatch is getting better
> and better, and is browser based. JOSM is "industrial strength", and mostly
> runs on the desktop. There is an experimental applet version
> (http://josm.openstreetmap.de/wiki/Applet) but it's not fully functional, or
> really an active focus.
> Looked at the projects, and see too. Tighter integration with Potlatch and
> Sahana sounds cool.
> The importer is possible as well ... do you have use cases for this? Are
> there particular types of OSM map features useful for Sahana? Does the
> import need to synchronize, or just overwrite?
>
> Look forward to it!
>
> Mikel
>
> == Mikel Maron ==
> +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron
>
> ________________________________
> From: Pat Tressel <ptressel at myuw.net>
> To: Mikel Maron <mikel_maron at yahoo.com>
> Cc: Kate Chapman <kate at maploser.com>; hot <hot at openstreetmap.org>; Mark
> Prutsalis <mark at sahanafoundation.org>
> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 4:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [HOT] Fwd: Sahana-OSM Helper
>
> Mikel --
>
> I can hang on IRC on Saturday ... maybe not the whole 7 hours, but at least
> the first half.
>
> Fantastic -- thank you!!!!
>
>
> Mark, Pat, give me the details on where to go, and I'll do my best to help
> (I'll have the #osm-dev channel open in another window!)
>
> We'll be chatting on freenode #sahana-eden, but we can send people to
> #osm-dev to ask OSM-related questions -- would that be better?  (This is
> partly an "Introduction to Participating In Hackathons" hackathon ;-) so we
> want to get people to do what they'd do at a "real" hackathon.)
>
> These are the projects we're hoping to work on -- the OSM-related projects
> are at the top.  (I'm going to fill in some more details Real Soon Now...)
>
> http://eden.sahanafoundation.org/wiki/GHC2011
>
> One thing that's not in there is investigating whether there's any way JOSM
> could be run as an applet, so it could be used in place of Potlatch.  I'm
> guessing JOSM may be too big for that.  The main reason for looking into
> that is the (perhaps mistaken) impression that OSM editor work is switching
> over to JOSM.  Maybe you have Secret Insider Knowledge of whether Potlatch
> is being eased out in favor of JOSM...?  ;-)
>
> And, thanks again!!!
>
> -- Pat
>
>
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