[OSM-talk] [OSM-dev] GSoC'10

[jamesmikedupont at googlemail.com]

That is a great idea.
What about making video as well, on how to use OSM/JOSM/Potlatch how to get
started. Video Screencasts?
mike

On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Peteris Krisjanis <pecisk at gmail.com>wrote:

> For one of OSM GSoC'10 projects I would like to suggest "unofficial
> guide" for mapping. We all know that there is a little haos in tagging
> (some says it's good, some says it bad), but so far biggest confusion
> comes from not how to tag things, but how to tag complex situations or
> how to even map complex situations (and that's without even taking
> micro mapping into account).
>
> What we need is nice guide where is said - basic roads are maped like
> this, crossroads created this way, this must be connected with that,
> etc. It would also create a nice little base for futher experiments
> and ideas. There's nothing wrong with seeking out alternative tags or
> ways of mapping, but this at least should be documented somewhere.
>
> More or less everyone who would take this task would have to go trough
> all archives, look for discusions and conlusions (and even if there is
> no conlusion, writing down all sane opinions would help greatly) and
> write it down in casual user manual style.
>
> Just a idea, but I think worth to explore,
> cheers,
> Peter.
>
> 2010/3/11 Graham Jones <grahamjones139 at googlemail.com>:
> > Mike.
> > Thank you for your suggestion.
> > I do not know where the apache licence ref comes from.  This year's
> > application says GPL with a note saying some is PD.
> >
> > Graham
> >
> > On Mar 11, 2010 7:36 AM, "jamesmikedupont at googlemail.com"
> > <jamesmikedupont at googlemail.com> wrote:
> >
> > My GSOC  suggestion :
> >
> > Get the potlatch running without any Adobe software, use gnash.
> >
> >
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/GSoC_Project_Ideas_2010#Porting_of_Potlatch_to_use_FLOSS_tools_and_viewer
> >
> > Also why does google list OSM as being apache licensed?
> > http://code.google.com/soc/2008/streetmap/about.html
> > Preferred license: Apache License, 2.0
> > Since when?
> >
> > I am putting all my new code under the affero GPL 3.0.
> >
> > mike
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 4:44 PM, Rajan Vaish <vaish.rajan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> > Thanks Graham, > >...
> >
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