[OSM-talk] GeoChat

[Andrew Buck]

It is a great little tool.  Simple, but surprisingly effective. It 
actually works amazingly well when coupled with a voice chat program.  
In HOT we use mumble for voice and the geochat plugin combined with that 
allows mappers to "point" to objects in imagery by centering on them and 
then letting other user look at the same area to discuss what is being 
seen in the imagery.  Things like how a road should be classified, how 
to tag a specific thing, etc.  Of course you can use the text chat right 
in the plugin as well, but I always prefer voice chat for discussion as 
it is just so much faster.


In any case, it is not a plugin I use super often, but when I do need 
it, it is just the right tool for the job.  My only suggestion would be 
that you consider making "show users on map" default to "on" instead of 
"off" like it is now.  I always forget to turn it on unless I 
specifically want to collaborate with someone, but I think if it 
defaulted to on then it would get a lot more use.  It would be really 
fun to be mapping and see other people showing up in the area to see 
what you are working on.  I think it would really add to the sense of 
community in OSM.


-AndrewBuck


On 01/07/2018 09:00 AM, Ilya Zverev wrote:
> Paul wrote:
>> Is GeoChat <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/JOSM/Plugins/GeoChat> 
>> down
>> or defunct now?  I haven't been able to connect to it in a couple 
>> days now.
>
> Sorry Paul, that was caused by forcing https on all OSM servers. Java, 
> turns out, does not auto-redirect from http to https. I've just 
> updated the URL in the plugin and tested that it works.
>
> Nice to hear somebody uses it :)
>
> Ilya
>
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