Martijn van Exel wrote: > Next step would be to add flagging functionality to the map, to enable > the general public to flag locations where something is not right (out > of date, misplaced,...) > > I guess this could be engineered using the AJAX classes of OpenLayers, > a server side script that puts the markers in the database as > specially tagged nodes. Of course, we would need some kind of > notifying system to alert the actual OSM contributors of new flags. > Well I've been thinking about this functionality too with an addition where mappers can 'register' a certain area and get notification when someone places a marker within that area, supported by some ticket functionality like Trac.
This is probably somewhere on the todo list of several people (certainly mine, but still some time away). I hope this functionality will be available soon as it drastically reduces the threshold to participate. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
