Re: [OSM-talk] Stack Overflow-like site for geographic information systems

2010-09-14 Thread Steve Bennett
Looks like that one has died, but there are OSM questions in the
(active beta) GIS one:

http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/openstreetmap

Steve
(I'm reviving this old thread rather than start a new one to post the url...)

On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 1:06 PM, Stephen Hope  wrote:
> On 23 June 2010 02:44, Tom Hughes  wrote:
>> I think it would be rather bad of us to try and take it over and use it
>> for our own ends like that.
>>
>> Some of us have already been talking about setting up an OSM specific
>> Q&A site like this which would be a much better fit than trying to use
>> something that is intended to be more general.
>
> Somebody is already trying.
> http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/7486/openstreetmap
>
> I note that one question asked about that proposal is if it shouldn't
> be merged with the general GIS one.
>
> No matter what we end up doing, it probably wouldn't hurt for some of
> us to keep an eye on the GIS area if it get going, just so we can
> answer any questions related to OSM that come up.  I do think we
> shouldn't take it over, but that doesn't mean we can't participate.
>
>
> Stephen
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Re: [OSM-talk] Stack Overflow-like site for geographic information systems

2010-06-22 Thread Stephen Hope
On 23 June 2010 02:44, Tom Hughes  wrote:
> I think it would be rather bad of us to try and take it over and use it
> for our own ends like that.
>
> Some of us have already been talking about setting up an OSM specific
> Q&A site like this which would be a much better fit than trying to use
> something that is intended to be more general.

Somebody is already trying.
http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/7486/openstreetmap

I note that one question asked about that proposal is if it shouldn't
be merged with the general GIS one.

No matter what we end up doing, it probably wouldn't hurt for some of
us to keep an eye on the GIS area if it get going, just so we can
answer any questions related to OSM that come up.  I do think we
shouldn't take it over, but that doesn't mean we can't participate.


Stephen

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Re: [OSM-talk] Stack Overflow-like site for geographic information systems

2010-06-22 Thread Jean-Marc Liotier
Matt Williams wrote:
> On 22 June 2010 17:44, Tom Hughes  wrote:
>> On 22/06/10 17:35, Jean-Marc Liotier wrote:
>>
>>> You may have used questions and answers sites such as Stack Overflow
>>> (http://stackoverflow.com/) or its siblings - I like them a lot. There
>>> is a proposal for such a site dedicated to geographic information
>>> systems - and it would be a very nice place for Openstreetmap support.
>>> If you believe that this is a good idea, you may take a look at the
>>> proposal and maybe vote for it at http://j.mp/cqyYn0
>> I think it would be rather bad of us to try and take it over and use it
>> for our own ends like that.
>>
>> Some of us have already been talking about setting up an OSM specific
>> Q&A site like this which would be a much better fit than trying to use
>> something that is intended to be more general.

Good point. I think you are right. I had not thought about that.

> Especially with things like Shapado http://shapado.comand
> http://gitorious.org/shapado) allowing you to set up our own site or
> be hosted on the main Shapado site (http://shapado.com/groups/new) I
> think that having a service which is more under our control is a good
> idea.

End-to-end community control is good, I agree.

So much for Stack Overflow then. But I'm glad that the idea of an OSM 
Q&A site is being discussed - I believe that there is a strong 
unexpressed demand for that.

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Re: [OSM-talk] Stack Overflow-like site for geographic information systems

2010-06-22 Thread Matt Williams
On 22 June 2010 17:44, Tom Hughes  wrote:
> On 22/06/10 17:35, Jean-Marc Liotier wrote:
>
>> You may have used questions and answers sites such as Stack Overflow
>> (http://stackoverflow.com/) or its siblings - I like them a lot. There
>> is a proposal for such a site dedicated to geographic information
>> systems - and it would be a very nice place for Openstreetmap support.
>> If you believe that this is a good idea, you may take a look at the
>> proposal and maybe vote for it at http://j.mp/cqyYn0
>
> I think it would be rather bad of us to try and take it over and use it
> for our own ends like that.
>
> Some of us have already been talking about setting up an OSM specific
> Q&A site like this which would be a much better fit than trying to use
> something that is intended to be more general.

Especially with things like Shapado (http://shapado.com and
http://gitorious.org/shapado) allowing you to set up our own site or
be hosted on the main Shapado site (http://shapado.com/groups/new) I
think that having a service which is more under our control is a good
idea. Though this is perhaps more appropriate for OSM specific
questions. Either way I think it would be a good idea to have a
question/answer site for OSM questions -- as a complement to the
osm-newbies list.

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Re: [OSM-talk] Stack Overflow-like site for geographic information systems

2010-06-22 Thread Jean-Marc Liotier
Jean-Marc Liotier wrote:
> Slightly off-topic, but the list's audience might be interested.
> 
> You may have used questions and answers sites such as Stack Overflow 
> (http://stackoverflow.com/) or its siblings - I like them a lot. There 
> is a proposal for such a site dedicated to geographic information 
> systems - and it would be a very nice place for Openstreetmap support. 
> If you believe that this is a good idea, you may take a look at the 
> proposal and maybe vote for it at http://j.mp/cqyYn0

Forgot to mention that the data will be under a Creative Commons 
"Attribution-Share Alike" license, which of course is an important 
matter for OSM users.


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Re: [OSM-talk] Stack Overflow-like site for geographic information systems

2010-06-22 Thread Tom Hughes
On 22/06/10 17:35, Jean-Marc Liotier wrote:

> You may have used questions and answers sites such as Stack Overflow
> (http://stackoverflow.com/) or its siblings - I like them a lot. There
> is a proposal for such a site dedicated to geographic information
> systems - and it would be a very nice place for Openstreetmap support.
> If you believe that this is a good idea, you may take a look at the
> proposal and maybe vote for it at http://j.mp/cqyYn0

I think it would be rather bad of us to try and take it over and use it 
for our own ends like that.

Some of us have already been talking about setting up an OSM specific 
Q&A site like this which would be a much better fit than trying to use 
something that is intended to be more general.

Tom

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[OSM-talk] Stack Overflow-like site for geographic information systems

2010-06-22 Thread Jean-Marc Liotier
Slightly off-topic, but the list's audience might be interested.

You may have used questions and answers sites such as Stack Overflow 
(http://stackoverflow.com/) or its siblings - I like them a lot. There 
is a proposal for such a site dedicated to geographic information 
systems - and it would be a very nice place for Openstreetmap support. 
If you believe that this is a good idea, you may take a look at the 
proposal and maybe vote for it at http://j.mp/cqyYn0

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