[OSM-dev] osmlab osm-auth
Hello folks, So we've been working on the iD editor ( http://ideditor.com/ ) and one of the big goals is to make a lot of it modular to make more cool OSM hacks possible. I've been moving some of these parts to osmlab: https://github.com/osmlab The idea here is pretty simple: it's an organization for osm-related modules, code, and data. There are simple guidelines - https://gist.github.com/tmcw/5157262 - which equate to try to be approachable and open to contributors. As such, anyone who wants to pull request / get commit to a project and has cool ideas, just ask. Also, it's going to be all liberally-licensed projects - BSD, MIT, and PD. So far it's been small modules, and one that might be pertinent is osm-auth. The OAuth implementation in iD has already been open modular as 'ohauth' but the steps between that no-assumptions implementation and a working integration were too much. Thus, osm-auth: https://github.com/osmlab/osm-auth It has a simple API, focused on logging in, out, and doing api calls. There's a quick demo of integration: http://osmlab.github.com/osm-auth/ which should be a great starting block for other projects. It's PD code, and uses ohauth behind the scenes. This is not to say it's perfect - right now it'll need a little work in the rails port to make it not conflict with other OAuth applications https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/issues/220 thanks to browser server caching. But it's a start, and I think it'll eliminate one major reason why js-only OSM API applications haven't taken off yet - this encapsulates a big stumbling block. Report issues if you run into anything https://github.com/osmlab/osm-auth/issues or even better (so much better) fork, clone, pull request, and make this thing better. Tom -- View this message in context: http://gis.19327.n5.nabble.com/osmlab-osm-auth-tp5754648.html Sent from the Developer Discussion mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ dev mailing list dev@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev
Re: [Potlatch-dev] Status of potlatch2 development?
To add on to Richard's comment: One other vital purpose of P2 at this point is for backwards-compatibility with OSM's significant percentage of IE users. iD isn't IE10 compatible and realistically cannot be, so having P2 and other editors as options is essential. Also, P2 is still a more advanced editor than iD and it's not clear that iD will ever be as advanced for certain things. Richard points out external vector sources, and I'd add on manual relation editing - iD will probably try to handle certain relation-cases in UI-wrapped ways first. That and of course, P2 is where we find smart implementations of everything related to OSM. Re: some of Steve's questions - - are the internals at all similar to Potlatch?... Yes and no - there's a similar concept of actions. Map rendering and the data structure are entirely different. A few of the operations/algorithms are directly ported from P2. Currently iD uses a converted version of P2's imagery.xml file, but we'll probably switch to JOSM's or another source. - is there a specified direction or policy on what kinds of advanced features will be allowed in? Is iD intended only as a beginners' editor? Can advanced features be included? Yes, there are some advanced features. We're okay with sophisticated features as long as they do not interrupt the gradual learning curve. So, basic UX ground rules like 'everything must be mouse-accessible', 'no unnecessary complicated terms', and so on. Hard to say much more than that that's a hard and fast rule - it really goes feature-by-feature as far as what's possibly intimidating versus what's user-friendly. - has there been any discussion about an openstreetmap.org version vs a MapBox version? Perhaps the former would have a different policy on the previous question... There are no plans (internal or external) about a 'MapBox version'. It's an open source project, and the #1 goal is to get it on osm.org as a default editor, for OSM, and to have a large base of contributors and users. Tom -- View this message in context: http://gis.19327.n5.nabble.com/Potlatch-dev-Status-of-potlatch2-development-tp5746990p5751501.html Sent from the Potlatch mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Potlatch-dev mailing list Potlatch-dev@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/potlatch-dev
