[HOT] Difficulty in communicating with iD users

Bryan Housel bryan at 7thposition.com
Mon Mar 7 14:44:19 UTC 2016


I agree, you don’t want to maintain an iD fork.. 

But it’s probably helpful to think of the “presets" as a plugin.  HOT TM can embed the same iD software that OSM and everyone else uses, but with a smaller subset of presets that apply more to the work that HOT does.  

Thanks,
Bryan



> On Mar 7, 2016, at 6:45 AM, Dale Kunce <dale.kunce at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm totally against HOT maintaining a fork of ID. It sounds simple enough in the beginning but will be more difficult as time goes on.
> 
> Updating training materials is a pretty simple thing to do as we should try and refresh them regularly anyway.
> 
> On Mar 6, 2016 10:55 PM, "Mikel Maron" <mikel.maron at gmail.com <mailto:mikel.maron at gmail.com>> wrote:
> People, get a grip.
> 
> There are a lot of cool ideas that have risen and re-risen in this thread. Custom iD presets for HOT tasks, tighter coordination between training guides and software release cycles, better management of tags across OSM.
> 
> HOT excels in emergencies, but this isn't one. The label "unclassified road" has changed to "minor road". This is a good thing (https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/issues/2916 <https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/issues/2916>) and something we can easily get our minds around.
> 
> -Mikel
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