[Osmf-talk] Alternative Strategic Plan

[Chris Andrew]

Steve,

Forgive my ignorance, I'm not sure of the leadership hierarchy. Is this an
'official' alternative, or a grassroots proposal.

Thanks,

Chris

On Sat, 13 May 2023, 16:47 Steve Coast, <steve at stevecoast.com> wrote:

> Dear all
>
>
>
> We formed OSMF to take care of the map. Let’s reset and focus on that with
> a strategic plan by the mappers for the mappers:
>
>
>
> 1.     The website will focus on completing the map. The map currently
> shows the “best” view of the map, it will be changed via voluntary or paid
> efforts to show the “worst” view of the map to encourage completion, like
> in the beginning when it was blank, and it led to huge efforts to fill the
> map in:
>
> a.     We will decide what the main thing to complete is. For example, if
> we decide it’s address data then we will do the following:
>
>                                                i.     OSM will only
> render roads with a new tag “addr:complete", where mappers manually will
> have to mark roads as address complete. This will immediately make the map
> go very blank and create a large global project to finish addressing, which
> is the main thing missing in OSM.
>
>                                              ii.     Once complete, we
> will take similar steps to map, for example, PoIs and only show roads will
> all PoIs added.
>
> b.     OSM will only render features newer than 24 months to encourage
> refreshing and revisiting. A tag “feature:verified_2023” or equivalent will
> be used to do this, along with the last edit date of the feature.
>
> c.     Map notes will be turned on by default.
>
> d.     Social and map quality features will be built in to osm.org which
> will drive engagement and mapping towards completion, for example alerting
> users to edits or routing problems near where they edit.[2]
>
> e.     Leaderboards of editors, countries, states, regions and counties
> will be front and center to encourage editing, for example percentage of
> “addr:complete” roads per country.
>
> 2.     Funding will focus on completing the map:
>
> a.     By having a clear metrics-based plan above we can seek funding to
> build specific tools and features towards map completion.
>
> b.     A paid “OpenStreetMap Approved” program will standardize corporate
> membership by certifying a company uses OSM data in a way that respects the
> license and community.
>
> c.     A certified version of OSM will be released quarterly that has
> been semi-automatically checked for validity and correctness. Paid
> corporate members can be involved in the process.
>
> d.     OSM conferences and local chapters will pay OSMF a small fee per
> attendee or member and in exchange also be “OpenStreetMap Approved”, once
> the board is shown to be effective.
>
> 3.     The board will focus on completing the map:
>
> a.     Reduce the board size and require regional representation.
>
> b.     Board members must make a public financial and time commitment.
>
> c.     The board will build completion metrics for the map, by using
> existing tools and working with companies who already have many tools, and
> engaging with the community. These will be the main agenda of the board
> meetings.
>
> d.     All discretionary funding will go to projects and community
> members who build credible plans to help complete the map.
>
>
>
> If this is interesting, I’d love feedback. We can run some BoF sessions at
> SOTM US, EU and Africa in July, November and December. Then SOTM Asia when
> it is confirmed.
>
>
>
> Best
>
>
>
> Steve
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