[Osmf-talk] Funding of three infrastructure projects : Nominatim, osm2pgsql, Potlatch 2

Simon Poole simon at poole.ch
Thu Aug 6 09:33:28 UTC 2020


Lukasz

You can always use a photon instance for example
http://photon.komoot.de/ for searching.

Photon uses Elastic Search on ingested Nominatim data to provide search
as you type and related functionality.

Simon

Am 06.08.2020 um 11:22 schrieb Lukasz Kruk:
> Hello All,
>
> Thank you Guillaume for the message, thank you to the OSMF and the
> Board for considering funding useful initiatives, but most of all
> thank you in advance to all the people who would end up doing the work. 
>
> I am not sure if this is the right place to make this comment, but
> from the perspective of a user of osm.org <http://osm.org>, I think an
> extremely valuable upgrade to Nominatim would be to make the engine
> more "forgiving." Searching for placenames in Latin script usually
> requires that the query is typed perfectly (though not always, I'm not
> sure what rules govern this: "Londn" does find the capital of the UK,
> but "Warszaw" does not find the capital of Poland...?), which is only
> a little inconvenient when compared to the second-best online map. It
> is however more problematic when working in places where spellings are
> inconsistent, using other scripts, Latin transliterations, and so on.
> Given that the stated objective is to 'make software more
> user-friendly' I was wondering if there was any chance for development
> to improve this? I think this
> ticket https://github.com/osm-search/Nominatim/issues/759 points to
> the issue I'm talking about.
>
> Thanks again to all, and sorry if that's not relevant,
> Lukasz
>
>
> On Sat, 1 Aug 2020 at 02:30, Guillaume Rischard
> <openstreetmap at stereo.lu <mailto:openstreetmap at stereo.lu>> wrote:
>
>
>       Hi all,
>
>     The OSMF Board wants to facilitate and support improving
>     infrastructure. During the Microgrants process, there were
>     proposals that didn’t make it, but would together be a good pilot
>     for a “OSM infrastructure” process, to learn how supporting osm
>     infrastructure projects works well.
>
>     The OSMF Board wants to fund a limited number of projects proposed
>     by trusted long-term volunteers whose work we know and enjoy. We
>     have selected the osm2pgsql and Potlatch microgrant proposals, and
>     have a new proposal from Nominatim.
>
>     In the long term, we want to re-activate the Engineering Working
>     Group (EWG) by making it a place for decision making, project
>     guidance and budget management for such projects.
>
>     The Board would like your feedback on these three specific
>     infrastructure projects:
>
>
>         Nominatim
>
>     Nominatim is the geocoding software that powers openstreetmap.org
>     and many other apps and websites. Sarah wants to work on:
>     <http://openstreetmap.org/>
>
>      *
>
>         finishing the localization efforts (improve address
>         computation for different countries, localized address output)
>
>      *
>
>         making the software more user-friendly (reduce the number of
>         programming languages by at least two, move side-projects into
>         separate repos, reorganise the code so that Nominatim can
>         become an Ubuntu package, docs, docs, docs)
>
>     The full proposal is at
>     https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Nominatim_project_2020-07
>
>
>         Potlatch 2
>
>     Potlatch 2 used to be the default editor before iD took the relay.
>     While usage is declining, it’s still used by 2500 (1.4%) users who
>     did 10 million (1.2%) changes in 2020.
>     <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Editor_usage_stats>
>
>     Potlatch is built in Flash, which browsers will retire by the end
>     of the year. Richard wants to adapt Potlatch 2 to the AIR platform
>     so users who still rely on it can continue to use it.
>
>     The full proposal is at
>     https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Microgrants/Microgrants_2020/Proposal/Potlatch_2_for_desktop
>
>
>
>         osm2pgsql
>
>     osm2pgsql loads OpenStreetMap data into databases suitable for
>     applications like rendering into maps, geocoding with Nominatim,
>     or general analysis. It is used on openstreetmap.org and in many
>     other places. <http://openstreetmap.org/>
>
>     While there has been constant paid and volunteer work on
>     osm2pgsql, large scale architecture changes to pay off historical
>     technical debt are needed to tackle long term challenges, and make
>     future changes easier.
>
>     Jochen wants to work on:
>
>      *
>
>         Hosting documentation on osm2pgsql.org <http://osm2pgsql.org/>
>
>      *
>
>         Rethinking the output of the program to make it more concise
>         and useful
>
>      *
>
>         Tackling the refactoring and cleanup of the “middle” code.
>
>      *
>
>         Ongoing maintenance as needed
>
>      *
>
>         Other work from the road map as time permits
>
>     The original budget and scope were limited by the microgrant
>     framework. The current project goes beyond that, and addresses
>     open issues and potential improvements further and better.
>
>     The proposal is at
>     https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Osm2pgsql_project_2020-07
>
>
>
>
>     Thank you and happy mapping
>
>     Guillaume, for the OSMF board
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>
>
> -- 
> pozdrawiam - kind regards - cumprimentos - mfg
> Łukasz Kruk
> http://lukaszkruk.com
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