Hello, after having some trouble with the precision and number of bugs returned by OpenStreetBugs [1] I contacted the author (Xav). He agreed that it needed to be rewritten. I already tried some code which was used for testing purposes only [2]. I continued developing that code in a public repository. I also added scripts to dump the Appspot database (based on Xav's dump method).
The new service is now running on a sponsored test server [3]. Appspot data is imported once a day. I also sent a patch to Xav to proxy the new database on Appspot for a smooth transition to the new service. I hope that this patch will be applied soon. Xavier was afraid of Javascript slowness now where each request returns 100 bugs. Can anyone confirm that this is a problem? This number could still be changed. I think it would be nice if the service was using the domain openstreetbugs.org (easy to remember). Currently it is available at http://openstreetbugs.schokokeks.org/ If you like to use the service in JOSM you can change the settings from http://openstreetbugs.appspot.com/* to http://openstreetbugs.schokokeks.org/api/0.1/* You find some statistics, daily database dumps and various links at the "more" link on the new website. Some details are also documented in the wiki [4]. One last thing: my goal was to get better query results and more access to the data. I do not intend to spend a lot of time on developing this service. You are always welcome to send patches, maybe it is also possible to share access to the repository. And in the worst case: forking is easy. I hope you enjoy the new OpenStreetBugs! Greetings, Mitja [1] http://openstreetbugs.appspot.com/ [2] http://www.b3e.net/openstreetbugs.html [3] http://openstreetbugs.schokokeks.org/ [4] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Emka/new_OSB _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
