Thanks John, but I'm mostly certain POSM doesn't host imagery: https://github.com/posm/posm/blob/master/STATUS.md
Looks like it could be a good feature to add though! Looks like Dale has opened an issue on it already: https://github.com/posm/posm/issues/277 Cheers, Joseph On 22 March 2017 at 15:58, john whelan <[email protected]> wrote: > an old post giving details. > > John > > Matt Sayler <[email protected]> > 15/08/2016 > to me, Laura, hot > POSM & Red Cross had an excellent presentation at SOTMUS, and Seth > mentioned he'd be willing to set some up for the cost of hardware and > brownies (I assume that will become dependent on demand/appetite): > http://stateofthemap.us/2016/field-mapping-at-scale/ > > > Nutshell: POSM is for mapping in low/no service areas. It can serve as a > local, disconnected OSM server, which can later push changes up to the main > OSM when in an area with service. They primarily use Intel NUC's (~$350 for > all hardware, runs off ~6w), but have installed it on Rasberry Pi, Intel > Edison, Beagle Bone, etc. I'm not aware of them doing a usb bootable > install, but might be possible? Red Cross uses $50 Android phones & Field > Papers for doing the mapping. > > Pretty freaking cool project! > > https://github.com/AmericanRedCross/posm > > On 22 March 2017 at 11:53, Joseph Reeves <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > In a windows environment its fairly easy to configure. In the >> security tabs for the folder you just make the folder shareable but read >> only. >> >> There's OSM editors that will source imagery over SMB? I've never looked >> into it, but I'd be surprised. >> >> Thinking about this very quickly, my points would be: >> >> 1: RAID: I'd want some disk redundancy as the device is likely to be used >> in tough environments that are far from good sources of replacement disks, >> or replacement imagery. >> 2: Software: As already mentioned, you're going to need some software to >> serve the tiles. WMS? You'd want a device that was easy to get running with >> third party software. Performance may also be an issue, depending on how >> many people you were catering for. >> >> I hope someone will come along with an example of what they've managed to >> do before. If not it should be a fun exercise :) >> >> Cheers, Joseph >> >> >> >> On 22 March 2017 at 15:42, john whelan <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Are you looking for information on how to do it? On suggested hardware? >>> >>> Essentially for this purpose I see no reason why one local machine such >>> as a lap top couldn't feed the others. In a windows environment its fairly >>> easy to configure. In the security tabs for the folder you just make the >>> folder shareable but read only. >>> >>> Have you looked at POSM? (Portable OSM) they may have this already >>> worked out and documented for the field. >>> >>> Thanks John >>> >>> On 22 March 2017 at 11:22, Claire Halleux <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello HOT Community, >>>> >>>> I'm currently looking into NAS specifications for serving imagery tiles >>>> locally for OSMapping purposes. The NAS would be coupled to a router >>>> accessible to the mappers. Contributors would still be connected to the >>>> relatively slow Internet for downloading/uploading their data but the idea >>>> is to get the ability to load imagery tiles much faster and access >>>> additional images, in particular during mapathons. >>>> >>>> Therefore I would welcome any feedback from people, organisations or >>>> communities using similar hardware to support data digitizing. >>>> >>>> Thank you! >>>> >>>> Claire >>>> >>>> Claire Halleux >>>> +243 81 611 6998 (Kinshasa, DRC) >>>> OpenStreetMap RDC >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> HOT mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> HOT mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >>> >>> >> >
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