[OSM-talk] Recent Edits

Lambertus osm at na1400.info
Mon Jan 28 09:11:13 GMT 2008


Martijn van Exel wrote:
> Next step would be to add flagging functionality to the map, to enable  
> the general public to flag locations where something is not right (out  
> of date, misplaced,...)
> 
> I guess this could be engineered using the AJAX classes of OpenLayers,  
> a server side script that puts the markers in the database as  
> specially tagged nodes. Of course, we would need some kind of  
> notifying system to alert the actual OSM contributors of new flags.
> 
Well I've been thinking about this functionality too with an addition 
where mappers can 'register' a certain area and get notification when 
someone places a marker within that area, supported by some ticket 
functionality like Trac.

This is probably somewhere on the todo list of several people (certainly 
mine, but still some time away). I hope this functionality will be 
available soon as it drastically reduces the threshold to participate.




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