[OSM-talk] Help me build an OSM Community Index
Johannes Singler
johannes at singler.name
Wed Apr 18 05:11:34 UTC 2018
Hi,
I think this is a great idea for community building.
BTW what about having similar functionality *during* editing? For
example showing a link to the OSM wiki page of the currently edited area?
Such pages often tell what to pay special attention to in a certain
area, but IMHO they would deserve more visits (which could be improved
by showing such links).
Johannes
Am 31.03.2018 um 14:25 schrieb Bryan Housel:
> I’ve started building an index of OSM community resources here:
> https://github.com/osmlab/osm-community-index
>
> "Resources" can be links to forums, meetups, Slack groups, Facebook
> groups, mailing lists, and so on. Anything that mappers, especially
> beginners, might find interesting or helpful.
>
> *Why?*
>
> Currently when you save an edit in iD, you will see a screen prompting
> you to share your edit on Facebook, Twitter, Google+. But we’d prefer
> instead to use this screen to let the user know more about the community
> around where they are editing.
>
> See https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/issues/4815 for discussion and
> some mockups.
>
> While the initial use of this index will be primarily to support this iD
> feature that will be released soon, I’d love to see other applications
> that have a community focus use the index as well. For example, if you
> are reviewing an edit in OSMCha, and you see something that looks like
> vandalism or an undiscussed import and you want to ask someone in the
> local community to take a look, this index could tell you how to reach
> out to somebody local.
>
>
> *What about { existing lists / the OSM wiki }?*
>
> I did look at existing community lists, and there are several, but most
> of those lists do not support adding a bounding polygon around a
> community. Several of them do let you place a single pin where the
> community is, but I was looking for something that would let me draw
> complex bounding areas, and filter to only show communities active
> around in the area where a user is editing.
>
> We already have a successful project for sharing imagery sources that
> editors can use (see https://github.com/osmlab/editor-layer-index ) so I
> decided to create something very similar.
>
>
> *How can I help?*
>
> Glad you asked!
> 1. Go to https://github.com/osmlab/osm-community-index/ and watch or
> star the project. ⭐️
>
> 2. Read the README and CONTRIBUTING documents. These contain info
> about which files need to be added:
>
> * Each resource needs a `.json` file to describe it, and
> * a `.geojson` file to describe where the region where it is active.
> (multiple resources can share a .geojson file)
>
>
> 3. Either add the files with a Pull Request, or open an issue for
> somebody else to add the files.
>
>
> Thanks!
> Bryan
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