Re: [OSM-dev] Friend's diaries & Nearby users changesets and diaries

2012-01-08 Thread Martijn van Exel
Hi, On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 3:30 PM, Mikel Maron wrote: > Hi > > A problem I was considering was how to allow more communication between > local mappers. We don't want to build a spam engine. But at the moment, it > is laborious and hit or miss to reach to mappers in a particular area. > > Diary e

Re: [OSM-dev] Friend's diaries & Nearby users changesets and diaries

2012-01-08 Thread Matthias Meißer
hi, I tried to follow your thread, hopefully I didn't miss anything. I would like to see the user page/dashboard page esp. for things that can only be done at osm.org so that is basicaly statistics and data analysis/presentation as you pointed out. I'm not sure if another communication channel

Re: [OSM-dev] Friend's diaries & Nearby users changesets and diaries

2012-01-07 Thread John Sturdy
Perhaps we could make the definition of "in your area" more flexible than just by geographical area, maybe by keywords that users can register to their accounts? For example, I've taken up mapping of utility infrastructure (mostly powerlines) in a wider geographical area than I'm mapping other thin

Re: [OSM-dev] Friend's diaries & Nearby users changesets and diaries

2012-01-06 Thread Frederik Ramm
Mikel, On 01/06/2012 11:30 PM, Mikel Maron wrote: More generally I'm thinking about the user profile page. It has two functions ... one to view other people, and another as a dashboard for yourself. I think these should start to diverge into two different pages. The user profile should be grown

[OSM-dev] Friend's diaries & Nearby users changesets and diaries

2012-01-06 Thread Mikel Maron
Hi A problem I was considering was how to allow more communication between local mappers. We don't want to build a spam engine. But at the moment, it is laborious and hit or miss to reach to mappers in a particular area. Diary entries are an unobtrusive communication stream. Right now, you can