[OSM-talk] "Hack the Map" An Idea for Online Mapping Events.

[Mike N]

On 6/15/2011 7:00 AM, Parveen Arora wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 4:12 PM, Mike N<niceman at att.net>  wrote:
>
>>   Just a note for the local venue - in many recent cases, the student edit
>> activities will result in an automatic block on that IP address. The
>> automatic block is necessary to block those downloading large areas via the
>> API.
> You mean to block of IP from where editing is being done?

   Yes, that is correct.

>>    It would be handy to be able to change the external IP address to recover
>> from that.
> But what If I am not allowed to change my external IP address as we
> are in college network.

   As already noted - go to the highest zoom on the map before switching 
to edit mode for Potlatch.  Minimize browsing in edit mode with Potlatch 
(this is tempting because it works so well).

   For JOSM, obtain likely areas of interest in advance and have it 
available to load from a file.   Note that it will be out of date as 
soon as there is an edit, but students will want to work with the real 
map and see their changes as soon as possible.

   If anyone has a cellphone with tethering capabilities or a MiFi- type 
of device, that could serve as a backup in case the auto API limit takes 
effect.