[openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website] add link to open view in OSMCha, from changesets history pge (#2629)

RobJN notifications at github.com
Mon Dec 28 15:59:24 UTC 2020


Links to OSMCha and Achavi would be useful. We have a [guideline](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Featured_tile_layers/Guidelines_for_new_tile_layers) for adding featured tile layers to osm.org so it feels like we need a similar guidance document for "linked to"/"open with" urls.

As a started, may I suggest the following. If we are worried about adding too many services then we could ask for usage stats to be shared in advance and only accept links to services that have at least 3000 users per year.

Would this work for OSMCha @mikelmaron? And does it work for the existing GeoFabrik link @woodpeck? 

### Must have: ###

- Internally supported. The service provider/author must be in favor of having their service linked to from the website.

- Global scope and coverage. The proposed service must cover the whole earth (well, except for the polar regions that are cut off because of the square Mercator projection).

- Capable of meeting traffic demands. The proposed service must be capable of accepting the traffic volume from the OpenStreetMap website.

- Reliable service. The proposed linked to service must be reliable in terms of uptime and availability.

- Up-to-date data. Services maintaining minutely updates are preferred, but update periods of up to two weeks may be acceptable depending on the content of the map. Services intended for quality assurance must be generally no more than one day out of date.

- Open data. The proposed service must not use any non-free data in a way that presents it as open data to the average user (this is to prevent non-free data being coped into OSM by unsuspecting users).

### Should have: ###

- Unique. The proposed service should offer something unique in approach or execution. For example, this could be based on particular theme or created using a particular set of software/technology which is not currently represented.

- Interesting. This hugely arbitrary criterion includes pleasing aesthetics, social significance and benefit, humour, timeliness, newsworthiness, appeal to the community, and many other arbitrary value judgements. To assess appeal to the community, it may be required that basic usage stats are shared.

- Non-commercial. Non-commercial services are preferred. However, commercial services which provide benefit to the community will be considered.

- Free and Open. Free and Open services are preferred.

- Data protection. The linked to service follows the LWG position paper about GDPR recommended to expose metadata only to authenticated users.




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