[OSM-talk-be] osm.be

Tue Sep 10 17:33:52 UTC 2013

Waw, much thanks to all your contributions.

The content would be, for me, similar to what openstreemap.fr offer,
adapted to be specifically Belgian and multilingual.

For the solution, any solution (Jekyll - http://jekyllrb.com/ or  Drupal,
Joomla ... you name it) that is easy to learn and master, and well know by
at least some people who volunteer is good.

Best regards,

Nicolas

2013/9/10 André Pirard <A.Pirard.Papou at gmail.com>

>  Hi,
>
> Why not be.openstreetmap.org + be.osm.org and generalize this to other
> countries?
> Even as alias if other names already exist, that would be a no cost, no
> hassle, no search consistent solution.
> Quite possible, because their current sub-domains are only:
> osm.org.        259200    IN    NS    a.ns.bytemark.co.uk.
> osm.org.        259200    IN    NS    b.ns.bytemark.co.uk.
> osm.org.        259200    IN    NS    c.ns.bytemark.co.uk.
> geo.osm.org.        259200    IN    NS    a.ns.osm.org.
> geo.osm.org.        259200    IN    NS    b.ns.osm.org.
> geo.osm.org.        259200    IN    NS    c.ns.osm.org.
> geo.osm.org.        259200    IN    NS    d.ns.osm.org.
> openstreetmap.org.    259200    IN    NS    a.ns.bytemark.co.uk.
> openstreetmap.org.    259200    IN    NS    b.ns.bytemark.co.uk.
> openstreetmap.org.    259200    IN    NS    c.ns.bytemark.co.uk.
> geo.openstreetmap.org.    259200    IN    NS    a.ns.openstreetmap.org.
> geo.openstreetmap.org.    259200    IN    NS    b.ns.openstreetmap.org.
> geo.openstreetmap.org.    259200    IN    NS    c.ns.openstreetmap.org.
> geo.openstreetmap.org.    259200    IN    NS    d.ns.openstreetmap.org.
>
> I suppose it's a "just ask" matter.
>
> Why not ask free hosting at a Geographic faculty of one University?
> People in Liège are very kind. I worked at ULg and I may try to introduce
> osm.be if needed.
>
> I'm perfectly happy with a byethost.com <http://www.byethost.com/> server.
> Especially, even with my *free** account*, I can access my server's files
> as if they were local (in my local filesystem).
> (That's using gvfs-ftp)
> For 4 (250B/m) to 7 (unlimited) $/m, their technical specs are impressive
> Any local site building software is OK.  Please choose Win-Debian Linux-OS
> X software if you share an account.
>
> The only two "problems" I ever met were:
> - they closed my site a few times for bogus reasons; the real one is that
> they were trying to have me pay.
> - I was receiving a bad reputation mark from WOT<http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/papou.byethost7.com>.
> Those guys are out of their mind: look carefully and you'll see that they
> attribute me the reputation of another site, that "Good site: Other users
> consider this site trustworthy, and it has a good reputation based on user
> ratings" and that, in consequence, my Trustworthiness is Unsatisfactory.
> But I moved to another hostname<http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/byethost9.com>
> and the problem was gone (same provider, just a matter of chance, isn't WOT
> mad?).
> Note: that if a site is not accessed (at all) for two months (very
> difficult to do but I managed ;-), you only have two days after a warning
> to refresh it.  But, again, I suspect it's a manœuvre to have you pay to
> get your data back if you don't.
>
> Cheers,,
>
>   André.
>
>
>
>
> On 2013-09-10 14:33, Ben Schalley wrote :
>
> I have some experience with Joomla (http://www.joomla.org). It can be
> extended to accommodate multilingual websites (http://www.joomfish.net).
> There are lost of extensions for Joomla.
>
> Instead of hardware, why not use the services of a hosting company. I use
> Lunarpages (http://www.lunarpages.com), which is affordable with many
> options and has excellent support when needed.
>
> Best Regards,
> Ben
>
>
>
> Op 10/09/2013 14:08, Nicolas Pettiaux schreef:
>
>   Thanks. Could you contact him to ask ?
>
>  I propose to start considering to setup a Belgian OSM site in Dutch,
> French, English and German if we have enough people to translate in German.
>
>  Would Drupal be appropriate to setup such a multilingual site ? Do anyone
> of us know Drupal (or any other easy and well know tool that would do the
> job) or mediawiki ?
>
>  What would be the hardware we need ? (CPUs, RAM, hard disk)
>
>  Regards
>
>  Nicolas
>
>
> 2013/9/10 Dennis Bollyn <dennis at gyrbo.be>
>
>>   Nicolas,
>>
>>  It should be noted that, while osm.be isn't "in the hands" of the OSM
>> community, openstreetmap.be is. It currently redirects to
>> openstreetmap.org, but I don't think the owner would be against setting
>> up an actual website if the infrastructure is provided.
>>
>>  Best regards,
>>
>>  Dennis aka Gyrbo
>>
>>
>>  On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 12:53 PM, Nicolas Pettiaux <nicolas at pettiaux.be>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Dear Mr Huys,
>>>
>>> According to DNS.be, you own osm.be that does not seem to be used.
>>>
>>> The members of the belgian OpenStreetMap (http://osm.org) community are
>>> wondering if you would agree to transfer it to us to use it as a local
>>> edition of OSM, much like http://openstreetmap.fr.
>>>
>>>  Much thanks in advance for your attention.
>>>
>>>  Best regards,
>>>
>>>  Nicolas Pettiaux
>>>
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