[OSM-talk] OpenStreetBugs - open or not?

[Matthias Julius]

Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> writes:

> Hi,
>
> Matthias Julius wrote:
>> For that to be really useful it should be even more prominent.  There
>> could be a link on www.openstreetmap.org (not necessarily on the map)
>> that says: "Something wrong on the map? Report it here!"  that links
>> to the same location, zoom and layer on OSB.
>> 
>> Or even an OSB layer on the main map?
>
> Please correct me if I'm wrong but it seems to me that
>
> * The OpenStreetBugs source code is not published. Your only way to 
> improve OpenStreetBugs in any way is to politely ask the author to do 
> something for you. No SVN or something.
>
> * The data collected by OpenStreetBugs is available exclusively through 
> the OpenStreetBugs service. No regular "planet dumps", nothing.
>
> If the author gets run over by a bus tomorrow then we have nothing left.
>
> If the above is true then I'm all for implementing our own, open version 
> of OpenStreetBugs, instead of further popularizing the existing application.

Yes, and it should have an API to enable editors to get to the data.

Matthias