[OSM-talk] Improving community within the OSM site

[Erik Johansson]

On 5/23/06, Etienne <80n80n at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dan
> Doesn't the wiki community portal give us most of what you are
> suggesting already?
>
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/OpenStreetMap:Community_Portal

It would be very nice to be able to see who is logged in and mapping
at the moment, and some kind of chat/webforum. I'm dying to know who
made those segments 4 km from my house, but I can't.

A "contact the users that edited this area" and "Messages for this
area" box on the left side when you edit would be great.


To create the community we have to expose ourselves more, and not
protect our privacy. As Wikipedia shows all info on edits (time and
who) so why shouldn't we. The biggest privacy concern is the GPX
tracks, not where you edit.

You can download all my GPX tracks, and you will know this of me:
1. where I buy my tea (great shop)
2. where I live
3. where I buy my thai food (wonderful food)
4. where I work
5. where I study
6. when I'm not doing what I should do.

But that's because I choose not to edit my GPX files, and I don't
really care about privacy.

Am I alone thinking like this?

-- 
/Erik

PS. this is a contra view of Steve's worries about privacy, sorry if
it's offensive. DS.