Great Idea! On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 7:24 PM, Aaron Lidman <[email protected]> wrote: > The following post is best viewed at http://osmly.com full text is posted > below for posterity. > > > > > ======================================== > > > OSMLY is a simple browser based importer for OpenStreetMap. It makes > importing easy by presenting each feature one at a time, allowing users to > manually review the item, make any needed adjustments to positions or tags, > and upload directly to OSM. It also allows for reporting problems that other > users can look over and a quality assurance mode where administrative users > can confirm everything that has been uploaded. The aim is to make simple > imports easier, more cooperative, and less error prone. > > > http://osmly.com/screenshots/example.jpg > > > Try the demo: http://osmly.com/la-parks.html > > > OSMLY was born out of a frustration with the way imports are organized. I > was preparing some imports for Los Angeles County, reading up on past > imports and organized things according to how I see they are being done > today (wiki, spreadsheets, many .osm files, JOSM). I wasn't into it. The > organization and tools involved seems too complicated and clunky for getting > more than a small number of people involved. > > > Even with very simple data we would have to deal with many .osm files each > containing many features themselves, a central spreadsheet for tracking who > is doing what and the status of each group of items, and everyone would have > to use JOSM. Then editing involves managing multiple layers in JOSM, > downloading the area around each feature, looking around and resolving any > conflicts, uploading in a small batch, and making sure to tag changesets > correctly. Ideally, someone would then go back, search for the changesets > and confirm everything was done correctly. > > > http://osmly.com/screenshots/overview.jpg > > > That's too complicated for my liking and the pool of users who know how to > do all this without making mistakes is too small. On the other hand, most of > that complexity is necessary for organizing the people involved and > maintaining some quality to the data going into OSM. I want a simpler and > more automated way of handling the most manual and repetitive parts for > really basic imports. I just want a simple way for someone with OSM > experience and knowledge but not necessarily a GIS data or programming > background to help out with basic tasks and share their knowledge to get > more data on the map. > > > http://osmly.com/screenshots/QA.jpg > > > I built OSMLY to reduce the complexity of doing simple imports with many > people and many features. It's just the essentials: editing geometry, fixing > tags, displaying relevant nearby features from OSM, flagging problems and > uploading to OSM. Features are served from a simple database to keep track > of everything/everyone and different actions are allowed based on an > feature's status. Once an item is submitted it's available for Quality > Assurance where other users can confirm everything was done correctly and > flagged results can get attention from more experienced users in JOSM. > > > http://osmly.com/screenshots/geojson.png > > > Technically, OSMLY takes in GeoJSON data and makes sure geometry is valid, > simplifies, flags obviously difficult items, adds bounds for each item, and > converts everything to a sqlite database ready to be served up to the world. > A simple server takes care of routing requests from the browser to database > queries and returning results. Once the user has received a new feature the > surrounding area is download from an OSM server and those results are > filtered for relevant geometry. Then it's all displayed on the map. From > there it gets a bit more complex depending on the user's actions. > > > http://osmly.com/screenshots/basic.jpg > > > Some key features: > > * Context - nearby relevant features that may conflict are shown > alongside the item being edited along with complete tags. Context filtering > can be set using regular OSM tags. http://osmly.com/screenshots/context.png > > * Quality Assurance - administrative users, specified in the settings, > can review everything that has been submitted and confirm each item has been > done correctly > > * Edit in JSOM - every item can be remotely opened and completed in JOSM > if you prefer. http://osmly.com/screenshots/inJOSM.png > > * Tag Manipulation - depending on your data source, you might not have > to do any tag manipulation before OSMLY. Tag keys can be renamed, added, and > removed. > > * User Whitelist - specify exactly which users are allowed on an import > or allow everyone (default) > > > Limitations: > > Currently OSMLY only works with polygons. Eventually, time allowing, I'd > like to expand to other GeoJSON feature types (points and linestrings). > OSMLY is only ment for simple imports so there aren't plans for implementing > multipolygons or anything else too complex. Some of this is technical but > mostly it comes down to ease of use. Right now if a complex item is found > OSMLY pushes the user to edit in JOSM. > > > ======================================== > > > > > OSMLY has been working great on the OSM development server for the past > month. You can see my test edits here: > http://api06.dev.openstreetmap.org/user/namdil-testing/edits > > > Source code @ https://github.com/aaronlidman/osmly > > Technical bugs @ https://github.com/aaronlidman/osmly/issues > > > I'd love to hear your thoughts/concerns/questions. Just to make it clear, > this isn't live but currently works on the OSM dev server and I'd like to > flush out a discussion here with the eventual goal of doing real imports. I > have a couple imports with ready proposals I'd like to complete with OSMLY > but only after I work through concerns you may have here. Thanks for your > time. > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >
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